The document summarizes Thomas Friedman's "ten flatteners" that have led to globalization. These flatteners include the rise of capitalism over communism, global standards and connectivity through technologies like the internet, outsourcing of jobs to countries like India, open-source communities and software, the rise of blogging, offshoring of jobs to China, and digital technologies like instant messaging, file sharing, and video conferencing. The document also discusses how technologies like Google have made the world's knowledge accessible from anywhere.

1. “ The World Is Flat” Friedman’s Ten Flatteners

2. Capitalism v. Communism Going global Common standards Information limit Globalization 3.0 Political constraint v. Practical restraint

3. - Interconnected Anyone/ anytime Easy access INTERNET

4. - Easy access for ANYONE - Digitalized words, music, data, and photos NETSCAPE “ This development, in turn, wired the whole world together, and, without any one really planning it, made Bangalore a suburb of Boston” 8/9/95

5. “ Instead of everyone trying to control the fire hydrant nozzles, they made all the nozzles and hoses the same, creating a much bigger market…”

6. Outsourcing: Y2K India has good schools Gov. can’t provide jobs Fiber optic cable Y2K provided huge opportunity America saw India’s potential Result: More outsourcing

7. By: Eleanor O’Quinn

8. Uploading? Self-forming, GLOBAL communities Skips traditional organizations and authorities Reshapes flow of creativity/innovation FREE

9. Community-Developed Software! ANYONE should be able to download a code and improve it Communities: Intellectual Commons Free Software

10. And, IBM.

11. “… We can’t possibly fact-check everything…” – Jessica Baumgart (New Researcher, Harvard University)

12. BLOGGING Individuals can be online commentators for news, sports, etc. Open-Source intelligence gathering - Rathergate - Subway Bombings 24 million blogs as of 2005

14. Offshoring China increases competition USA

15. “ “ They are not just delivering packages, they are doing logistics”

16.  Supply Chains  Insourcing  Small businesses  UPS Capital  End of Runway service  TRUST!!  Tracking

17. #9 “ Google is like God. God is wireless, God is everywhere, and God sees everything. Any questions in the world, you ask Google”(185). Charlotte & Valerie

18. The world’s knowledge at your fingertip…

19. #10: STEROIDS Digital, Mobile, Personal, and Virtual Computing Instant Messaging & File Sharing Phone Calls Videoconferencing Computer Graphics Wireless Technologies