Today in class, we watched the Freedmen video and answered the questions. The Asia Map test is tomorrow and Friday. I should probably study those!! We got a new student to this class. Her name is DJ, she seems cool. That guy talks really fast and it was hard to answer all the questions.I learned the answers to the following questions.1. Describe what the “flat world” means before watching the lecture?I think that the ‘flat world’ means that… yeah, I have no idea – maybe that technology is ‘taking over’ the world and is progressing really fast.2. Briefly describe Globalization 1.0.1492 – 1800s. It shrunk the world from size large to size medium. The countries were globalizing together for land and resources.3. Briefly describe Globalization 2.0.Early 1800s to 2000. It shrunk the world from size medium to size small. Companies globalize during this time. McDonald’s is an example.4. Briefly describe Globalization 3.0.2000 – Present. It’s shrinking the world from size small to tiny. It’s built around people globalizing. Individuals do this.5. Why was the Berlin Wall a flattener of the world?It came down. The fall of the wall helped us think about the world being a flat plane. No one really ever talked about globalization because there was a wall in the way.6. What was the importance of Netscape going public on 8-9-95?A small startup company went up in California. It really brought the internet ‘alive’ so people from different places and ages could connect together. It triggered the .com boom.7. What is outsourcing/offshoring and why are many Americans opposed to it?A new form of collaboration – Off shoring is when China joins the Wind Trade Organization. Out Sourcing is built around Y2K.8. Give two examples of “open-sourcing”.New form of collaboration and innovation – people collaborating on the same thing to undercut another.9. What does Friedman mean by “informing”?Google is an example. Informing is his name for search. He can inform himself and learn data by himself. Tivo is also a form.10. What are the “steroids” according to Friedman?They are wireless voice of the internet and sharing files.
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