Produkt
KlappentextExplores both the benefits and disadvantages of the developments in global communication. The author discusses the annoyance and dangers of BlackBerrys in meeting rooms, hands-free kits in conversation, and using a phone or iPod whilst driving.
ZusammenfassungThe beginning of the twenty-first century will be remembered, Friedman argues, not for military conflicts or political events, but for a whole new age of globalization - a 'flattening' of the world. The explosion of advanced technologies now means that suddenly knowledge pools and resources have connected all over the planet, levelling the playing field as never before, so that each of us is potentially an equal - and competitor - of the other. The rules of the game have changed forever - but does this 'death of distance', which requires us all to run faster in order to stay in the same place, mean the world has got too small and too flat too fast for us to adjust?
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-14-103489-8
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2007
Erscheinungsdatum05.07.2007
AuflageUpd. and exp. ed.
Seiten672 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht458 g
Artikel-Nr.10805605
Rubriken
GenreGeschichte/Politik