false 1911 40 <b>Updated Edition</b>: Thomas L. Friedman is not so much a futurist, which he is sometimes called, as a presentist. His aim in <i>The World Is Flat</i>, as in his earlier, influential <i>Lexus and the Olive Tree</i>, is not to give you a speculative preview of the wonders that are sure to come in your lifetime, but rather to get you caught up on the wonders that are already here. The world isn't going to be flat, it <i>is</i> flat, which gives Friedman's breathless narrative much of its urgency, and which also saves it from the Epcot-style polyester sheen that futurists--the optimistic ones at least--are inevitably prey to. <p> What Friedman means by "flat" is "connected": the lowering of trade and political barriers and the exponential technical advances of the digital revolution that have made it possible to do business, or almost anything else, instantaneously with billions of other people across the planet. This in itself should not be news to anyone. But the news that Friedman has to deliver is that just when we stopped paying attention to these developments--when the dot-com bust turned interest away from the business and technology pages and when 9/11 and the Iraq War turned all eyes toward the Middle East--is when they actually began to accelerate. Globalization 3.0, as he calls it, is driven not by major corporations or giant trade organizations like the World Bank, but by individuals: desktop freelancers and innovative startups all over the world (but especially in India and China) who can compete--and win--not just for low-wage manufacturing and information labor but, increasingly, for the highest-end research and design work as well. (He doesn't forget the "mutant supply chains" like Al-Qaeda that let the small act big in more destructive ways.) <p> Friedman has embraced this flat world in his own work, continuing to report on his story after his book's release and releasing an unprecedented hardcover update of the book a year later with 100 pages of revised and expanded material. What's changed in a year? Some of the sections that opened eyes in the first edition--on China and India, for example, and the global supply chain--are largely unaltered. Instead, Friedman has more to say about what he now calls "uploading," the direct-from-the-bottom creation of culture, knowledge, and innovation through blogging, podcasts, and open-source software. And in response to the pleas of many of his readers about how to survive the new flat world, he makes specific recommendations about the technical and creative training he thinks will be required to compete in the "New Middle" class. As before, Friedman tells his story with the catchy slogans and globe-hopping anecdotes that readers of his earlier books and his <i>New York Times</i> columns know well, and he holds to a stern sort of optimism. He wants to tell you how exciting this new world is, but he also wants you to know you're going to be trampled if you don't keep up with it. A year later, one can sense his rising impatience that our popular culture, and our political leaders, are not helping us keep pace. <i>--Tom Nissley</i> 711993 book 2005 The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century total:10306|5:1946|4:3818|3:3094|2:1064|1:384| 10306 36796 17269 1757 1 14 false false Fri Jan 25 11:27:40 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 11:31:50 -0800 2008
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What Friedman means by "flat" is "connected": the lowering of trade and political barriers and the exponential technical advances of the digital revolution that have made it possible to do busin...more...]]> 3 10 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Aug 22 16:15:49 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 16:29:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 11 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Jun 10 13:59:57 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 10 14:09:28 -0700 2007
His view of globalization is that now, thanks to the paternalistic global order constructed by US multinational corporations, there is cultu...more...]]> 2 7 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Jan 13 08:18:40 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 08:21:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 7 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Sep 12 19:45:19 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 20:09:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 5 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Sep 04 12:40:38 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 15:13:34 -0700 2007 Thomas Friedman clearly thinks this is a great thing with very few drawbacks. In fact, he doesn't address any drawback except in passing (other than the random aside that terrorists can use the Internet to network to...more...]]> 0 4 false false Wed Apr 23 18:54:29 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 18:54:29 -0700 2008
Using an approach the layman can understand, Friedman chronicles an event which took place (the flattening ...more...]]> 1 2 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 01:14:50 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 16:53:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Dec 13 19:41:52 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 14 21:36:01 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 10:28:52 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 06 23:14:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 08:46:26 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 08:58:55 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 29 07:48:49 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 28 05:57:40 -0700 2008
Friedman's writing is at times brilliant: he is a master synthesizer, taking complica...more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 05 00:39:29 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 00:43:24 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 03 11:07:56 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 18 21:56:28 -0700 2008
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Dan hasilnya...

Amazing. Dahsyat. Friedman adalah pengamat yang jitu, jeli dan mendalam...more...]]>