Amazon.com: Where Were You When You Realized the World Is Flat? (Or Have You?) A Conversation with Thomas L. Friedman
Amazon.com:
You have two children who will be entering the work force in the next
few years. What do you say to parents and to young people about how to
prepare themselves for the new terrain they will face?
Friedman: I have a daughter who is a sophomore in college and another who is in the 11th grade of high school. My message to them is very simple: Girls, when I was growing up my parents used to say to me, "Tom, finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving." I say to my girls, "Girls, finish your homework. People in China and India are starving for your jobs."
When the world was round, say 30 years ago, you would much rather have been born a B+ student in Indianapolis, Indiana, rather than a genius in Bangalore, India. Because the Indian genius, unless he or she could get a visa out of India, really could not plug and play with his or her talent.
Today, you do not want to be a B+ student in Indianapolis. You would much rather be a genius in India, because that genius can now innovate at a global level without ever having to emigrate. That is what the flat world makes possible. Read More >>>
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