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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
I was just introduced to the book " The World is Flat: A brief history of the globalized world in the 21st century" by Thomas Friedman. Without getting into the details of the book, I immediately had to ponder: Has the internet really made the world flat?
I don't think so. I see the internet as having created multiple parallel levels of communication, from very basic to incredibly complex, many of them interconnected and interrelated... as well as a "sub-level" of communication, collecting and acting upon data at a usually-hidden level. To me, this makes the internet not flat, but a three-dimensional collection of levels and sub-levels, operating concurrently and/or independently to each other.
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Freidnman wrote a good book called frrom Beirut to Jerusalem.... I will refrain from criticizing the "Flat" book. Suffice to say,, as you know Steve, The Demand on Oil will trump any "Globalization" in the 21st century.I'm sure Mr. Friedman and his billionaire wife will ride out the next 20 years without too many hitches...
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