Today in class we went over the Canada map. I already knew all the countries because luke helped me out friday. After that we finished the last few minutes of the world is flat video. We went over our questions which were:1. What do you think “the world is flat” means?I think it means there are more communications between countries.2. 2. What was Globalization 1.0?It lasted from 1492 to the early 1800’s. It shrunk the world from a large size to a smaller size. It was based on how the country globalizes. On their resources, land, ect…3. 3. What was Globalization 2.0?It lasted from the 1800’s to 2000. It shrunk the world from size medium to size small. You globalize through your company.4. 4. What is Globalization 3.0?It’s from the 2000’s to present time. It shrunk the world from a small size to a tiny size. Its built around individual’s globalizing. You’re no longer depended on a country or company because you can globalize individually5. Ten Flatteners:1. Why was the Berlin Wall coming down on 11-9-89 and the Windows OS shipping five months later flatteners of the world?11-9-89 the day the Berlin wall came down. When the wall fell it gave people the ability to look at the rest of the world, instead of a wall. It allowed the world to become one world instead of two.2. Why was the launch of Netscape a flattener of the world?It began in Monte view, California in the year 1995. It brought the internet alive. It allowed people to communicate. Netscape made sure the internet was opened to everyone. Many people invested money into internet companies. Everyone became next door neighbors in internet communication. You were able to access anyone at anytime at any place if you had internet access. Netscape triggered the .com boom. It triggered millions of dollars into different companies. If you were a company that had an internet site you had to end it in .com.3. Describe Friedman’s third flattener of workflow.4. What is outsourcing/ offshoringA new form of collaborationWhen a factory in Detroit Michigan or anywhere shuts down and moves to Mexico or a different country to cut costs.6. What is open-sourcing and why is it a flattener of the world?Geeks sitting at home on the computer. Writing the new versions of Microsoft or any other windo)8. What is insourcing?Is when a company would bring in another company to do work for them because they are better at doing it.What is informing?It is your name for search. Tvo is a way of informing with the tv.10. Give examples of what Friedman calls “steroids”. Why are they flatteners?Wireless, voice of the internet, and file sharing.11. According to Friedman, how do people need to change in the future?12. Define what is meant by the “flat world”.
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