When looking at the triple convergance, respond to the following:
1. Which of the three convergances do you think had the biggest impact and why?
2. How did the fall of Communism alter/change the global economy?
3. How do you feel about Friedman's idea of "plug and play" knowing you will be competing in a global market for a job?
55 comments:
i think the most important of the convergences is the first one because it started us on a path to global communication that's fast, easy, and cheap. as for Friedman's idea of "plug and play" i'm not so sure i'm so keen on the idea. it's just going to make it harder in America to get jobs, especially with the bad economy we've aquired. competition isn't always a good thing.
I think the most important convergence is the first one because, like Taylor said, it made everything fast and easy. You could now do more things from the comfort of your home. I think the fall of communism boosted the global economy, which also leveled the playing field even more.
I think that the first convergence is the most important because it inhanced all of the flatteners so that they all worked together and became much more dynamic and important then they would have been without being together, and like Taylor and Bailey said, it made the flatteners faster and easier. I think that the fall of communism opened the door for the flatteners to go global and converge, because otherwise they would have just gone to non-communist countries. I think that "plug and play" will finally make everybody equal. It will be hard for Americans because we will lose jobs but very good for the people in other countries.
I think the first of the convergences is the most important because this allowed u to stuff fast and cheap and what person doesnt like that especially in america. The fall of communism was a big boost to the global economy but it also isnt totally gone. but the playing field is getting more and mre level.
I think the most important convergance is the first one because it started making everything fast and easy. Think of all the people that wait till last minute to do something and this really helped. I also do not like Friedman's idea of "plug and play" because like taylor said it'll make things harder on Americans. The fall of communism changed the global economy by opening doors world wide. And everyone is able to communicate with one another.
I think the most important convergence is the first one because it made things fast and easy. The fall of communism changed the global economy opened doors world wide and increased the global economy. I disagree with "plug and play" because it made it harder for Americans to get jobs.
I think the most important of the convergences is the first one because it allowed for more of Friedman's favorite word, Collaboration. More collaboration led to more innovation and huge leaps in technology which we are benefitting from today. The fall of communism added 3 billion people to the world's workforce and while competition is a great way to force innovation; like Taylor said, competition might not be the best thing for us in an already bad economy.
I agree with Erin. I think that the first convergence is the most important because it helped get the rest of it started.
As it was probably mentioned before, the fall of Communism helped start the global economy because it opened up the entire world to other interests.
I don't know what to really think about Friedman's plug and play. It doesn't seem very good for americans but it is good for asians and shouldn't they get a chance.
I think the first convergance is the biggest one because being able to do all of those things at the same time really inovates the work place.
The fall allowed those countries to open up thier economies to the world.
I really don't like it too much, it'll make it a lot more difficult for people to get jobs.
I think the most important of the convergences is the first one because it was really the first idea and way to communicate globally and being able to produce items fast to speed the process of everything up. I personally believe that the fall of communism opened doors for our global economy as well. But i do disagree with "plug and play" because it doesnt seem like all the great of an idea for Americans.
I think the most important convergences is the first one because like he says it really hooks all the flatteners together so global communication is quick! I think the "plug and play" will be hard because Americans might start losing their jobs but if we lived in a different country I know we would think it would be so much better and we shouldn't just think about our country when there are countries that ned more things than us, I don't really like the idea but I just think that it will be tough.
i agree with taylor and bailey on how i think the first convergence is the most important because it allowed for communication to become faster and easier. The fall of Communism really opened up the world for more communication and from what i could tell helped the economy. I think "plug and play" is a good thing because it allows people to compete at a more even level, which is good because i am excited to see these amazingly smart people come out of nowhere.
I agree with Taylor and Bailey, the most important convergence is the first one. It made everything easy and quick. As a lot of people said, the fall of communism opened a lot of doors to go global. I think the the idea of "plug and play" is good because it allows everyone to be equal.
I agree with Kelli, that the first convergence is the most important, because it allows more people to collaborate and communicate around the world much more easier. I'm not really too sure about Friedman's "plug and play" idea though, because then it seems it would be a bit harder to get jobs.
I think the first convergence is the most important because it made things easier, faster and cheaper. I think the fall of communism leveled the playing field even more. And lastly "plug and play" will make it equal for everyone. Not only just people in America, who will have a harder time finding jobs, but in other countries as well.
i think the first convergence is the most important because it linked all the flatteners together and allowed people to communicate globally fast and easy.
the idea of "plug and play" is good because communism fell and it made everybody equal.
the most important of the covergences is #1 because it made communication easy. the plug and play idea i don't like at all we americans need the jobs here right now we are in a ression! competition is not good if we cant afford the risk for our jobs.
Like every one else, I think that the first converger had the greatest impact. It wasn't enough to have just ten flatteners that flattened the world, but when all ten worked together the flattening force was greater than what 10individual flatteners could do. As when Communism fell, it opened up the playing field, started the flatteners which eventally lead to the "plug and play" idea. And I'm perfectly fine with it because it levels the playing field for the world. If you want a job that is global or on the global market, you're going to have to prove you want it, compete for it, give it a personal touch and "shine". If being your unique person doesn't work, find a different way or job area. There still is the "untouchables" though.
I agree with Bailey and Taylor because it started us on a path which is now leading to the flattening of the world. Global communication is easy and fast, which you can use just about anywhere. I think the fall of C. helped flatten the world because China joined the economy and that made a big impact, where now everyone can buy or sell with each other. Friedman's plug in play is a bit scary when we're going to have to look for jobs and compete with not just in the neighborhood but the world? Yikes.
I think that the most important convergence is the first one because it helped the global communication get cheaper, faster, and easier. The fall of Communism closed one door so another one could open. 3 million people from China, the former Soviet Union, and India all walked onto the leveled playing field together. I personaly think that the "Plug and Play" idea is a bad idea for all Amercians. The economy is just going to get worse and worse with Amercian companys just giving jobs to other people in different countries.
I think that the most important convergence is the first one. Just like Cheryl had said globel communication is fast and easy. Many people around the world use globel communication sometime during their day. A couple years from now globel communication will be used even more than it is used today. I think the fall of the communism opened a new door for Everyone to walk into a new and better economy. Although for Friedman's idea about "plug and play" i do not agree with it. I think it will cause the stress level Not just in Americans, but everyone around the world will increase. It will aslo make it harder and more stressful for everyone especially Americans to compete with the world to get the job they want.
I think that Convergence 1 had the biggest impact. This is my opinion because that was when all the ten flatteners worked together. It also made the flattening of the world faster and stronger.
The fall of communism helped this to happen.
The Cold War was basically a stand-off between capitalism (America) and communism (Soviet Union). The Soviet Union collapsed and many countries stepped forward. More countries were open to each other and the Global Economy prospered.
I agree with Friedman's idea about "plug and play," but I do not support it all the way. Americans would have to strive harder for jobs and that's a good thing. It would also reward the people that work hard and penalize the people who don't, no matter what country you came from.
Oh, and like Tyler B. said, there are the "untouchables." ooooh
I think the most important convergence was also the first one. It made things so much easier and allows people to things at their own pace and convenience. The fall of the wall just jump started the phase of globalization.
I think that the most important convergence is the first one. It connected all ten flatteners and lets us connect to the world quickly and cheaply.
With the fall of Communism the world opened. There were a bunch of people who were disconnected from the world and then suddenly they could connect. It was definatley something big and important.
The whole "plug and play" thing has it's pros and cons. Because of it we as Americans have to push ourselves to be our best to get the jobs we want. But we are also in a serious recision. Every American needs whatever job then can get.
I think the most important convergence was the 1st one because it brought all of the flatteners together and allowed people to utilize them. The fall of communism helped the economy because it opened up the former soviet union countries to trading with the rest of the world. It also allowed more people to compete for jobs and allowed new ideas and technologies to enter the global economy. I think that the idea of " plug and play" is good but at the same time it is also bad, because some Americans will lose their jobs buy whoever takes over in their position will be better trained and will be able to do the job cheaper and more efficiently.
Just to defy you all I'm going to say the second one, no just kidding. I guess the first would be the most important as it made you able to communicate with anyone everywhere in the world. If I wanted I could call my home boy in france and it wouldn't cost a dime on my cell phone. As for the fall of Communism that opened it up for everyone to compete. (not so good for American jobs)
To me, the most inmportant of the convergences was the first one, because, it gaves us a structure to our economy. Also like almost everyone else has stated, it sets a easier, and faster tone to many things, including in general, the term globalization.
I think the first convergence was the most important because it revolutionalized things and again was a speed bump in the flattening process. The fall of communism changed the economy because it opened up many more opportunities. I do not like the plug and play idea because although everyone would benefit from competition and it's a good idea for the best to work together to get better i don't agree with american's loosing jobs to people in countries who arn't contributing and sending their jobs away to other countries also.
I think that the most important convergence is the first one, because, as many of the other posts say, it made things fast and easy. When things get done faster and smoother, everything becomes more efficient. The fall of communism only helped our economy, because former communistic countries now have more options to make products and trade freely with other countries.
Sorry guys, I've gotta go with the 2nd convergence. The 2nd convergence marks a whole new era of the world economy. Before, power was given to the strongest, the fastest, the ones with the biggest weapons, but now, we all are starting to rely on each other. Does India have a strong military? I don't think so, but we all need Indian technology, and Indian businesses. India doesn't need a military, their power spawns from their MINDS. Now that countries are depending on each other for certain technologies and resources, weapons are starting to cease to be factors in deciding world power.
ok everyone i actuall agree with Ben. I think the second convergence was the most important,because everyone is depending on other people not themselves, which will help spark the economy so everbody will work together. But, I also believe the first is important, because it advanced further into our technology era. The fall of communism helped everyone, because china joined the World Trade, which opens more of the market for buyers and sellers. it also gives everyone a bigger chain to communicate with. As for plug and play i think its good and bad. Competition is good for everyone, because it pushes them to be better. Yet, too much competition like this will make it harder for us Americans to get a job and succed.
I like many others have said have to say I think the first convergence is the most important. It made things faster and more efficient. As for the idea of plug and play I think that everyone will be even more equal, but Americans are probably going to have a harder time getting jobs, or keeping them for that matter.
I think that the first convergance has been the most important. i agree with what many people say about it making communication across the globe easier and faster. the fall of communism let many countries step foward onto the level playing field and that helped the global economy. i don't like this idea because it will be harder for me to get a job in America, but is a good thing for people in Asia.
I believe the convergance with the biggest impact would have to be the first convergance. I think this because it made everything fast, easy, and smooth working. I believe the fall of Communism helpd the global economy because it opened up many more doors in the world. It also opened up communication between everyone. I agree with Friedman when he talks about the "plug and play". At the rate the world is globalizing, by the time I will be looking for something to do with my future, i will have to be competing with the whole world. I am not really sure yet if it a good thing or a bad thing. There are some definate plus' and minus' to this factor.
I think that the most important of the convergances's is the first because with everything being faster and easier alot more can get done. With the fall of communism the global maket grew greatly by having more free market but it isnt totaly gone yet.The idea of "plug and play" will make it so that everyone can have an equal chance but it may hurt people by moving jobs around.
I think the convergence with the biggest impact would have to be the first convergance because it made everything faster and easier. About the plug n play, it seems scary because when i get up to the career industry i will be competing with people all over the world instead of my state.
I think the most important of the convergences is the first because it made commuinicating globally easier and cheaper. Friedmen's idea of "plug and play" I am against because it makes jobs harder to get. With a bad economy we are in where people are getting laid off left and right, I just don't like the idea of "plug and play."
I think the first of the three convergances had the biggest impact because it made it easier and more efficiant to have a company. The fall of Communism had a giant impact of the global economy because it really showed how much it didn't work. Also, all the people living in Communist countries then could see the rest of the world and start to connect with them.
I think the most improtant convergance is the first one. It made communication so much easier and faster. You could talk to almost anyone around the world. The fall of communism let everyone enter the playing field. I think the idea of plug and play is a good thing for companies because they will get the best trained person for the job but for Americans it is bad because it gives us more competition for jobs and it could make some people lose their jobs to people in other countries.
I thought the convergence with the biggest impact was the third on. I thought the third on had the biggest impact because this convergence opened up and connected the entire world together into one global market.
The fall of communism allowed the world countries to start opening up and allow their citizens to go their own paths. Allowing them to start their own companies and trade with which ever countries they wanted to. Which rapidly flattened the world.
At first i felt kind of worried but then i realized that it is a good thing because if people will start getting motivated to work harder it will be to the benefit of the Americans.
I agree with majority here. I think the first convergence was the most important because everything could be taken care of quickly and cheaply. Communication was made much easier and the flatteners were working all as one.
The fall of Communism let more people see the rest of the world. It led to a more diverse economy with more options for people. It sped up the flattening process.
As for plug and play, it's sort of a 50/50 thing for me. I dont want to work SUPER hard to compete for a job, but then again i know it'll be more of a positive thing. Competing with more people will make me really earn my job and be good at it too. So there are pros and cons to plug and play. There's really no use whining about it either because you cant just take away this plug and play. All there is left to do is compete hard and succeed.
i think that it was the first convergence was the most important because it opened up global communication to everybody. As for the fall of communism opened the door for many people.
I think the most important convergence is the first one because it brought all the flatteners together. The fall of Communism opened up new doors, like others said. I don't like the whole idea of "plu and play" because us Americans can easily lose our jobs.
i think that the first convergence is the most important because all the flatteners came together with intensity. the fall of communism made it posibble to made global policies and that is important for the global economy. i dont like the idea of "plug and play" because i already dont like haveing to compete with just the people in the US but also the whole world.
I think the most important convergence is the first one because it made things much quicker and way more efficient. With the fall of communism doors were opened globally which increased the global economy. I disagree with "plug and play" because it made it harder for Americans to get jobs.
I think the first listed convergance is the most important one - it allowed collaboration to commence on whole new levels all around the world. I think it made it so the 10 flatteners could work together in a hastened manner.
The fall of Communism opened all of these principles to the countries of the Soviet Union, it brought in so many new people and potential.
About the plug and play idea, I may not like the idea of more competition, but that's not going to change the fact that it's happening. The only thing I can do is work my hardest to ensure that I have a spot in the workforce permanently. However, new jobs open because of the flattening of the world. If there's no competition, people are never going to work as hard as they need to be to advance this country.
I believe that the first convergence had the biggest impact because all the flatteners worked together and created a global platform that allowed many forms of collaboration. The fall of Communism added so many more people to the global work force. I dont really like the idea of "plug and play" because it means that it is getting harder to get a job no matter how hard you work for it.
i think the first convergence is the most important one because it allows you do do things so much faster than you normally would have to take, but then agian if it gets to advanced it will take away many jobs of Americans which is bad.
I think that the most important convergance is the first convergance because it made communication a lot faster.
I think that the fall of Communism helped increase the global economy.
I agree with Taylor on the "plug and play," now is not the time to make jobs harder to have.
i think the most important convergance was the firt one mostly because like many people have said it made things quick and simple
i also think after the iron curtain fell(former soviet union)it helped our economy,thus leveling the playing field
I'm just going to agree with the majority of the people on Blogland and say that the first convergence is the most important. It does make everything easy, using more technology, and levels the playing field of the world.
i think that the most important convergence is the first one because it made communication to the globe fast and easy. as for plug and play and having to compete for jobs on a global level. i love it. i think it could be the boost Americans need to be less lazy if they have to compete for a job against people all over the world thats going to make them work harder and thats going to help the united states
I think the first convergence is the most important because it made things much easier and faster, also it made many save time. You can now do things right from home. For example getting airplane tickets before you even get to the airport, nice right? I also i agree that the idea of "Plug and Play" will be hard on Americans, specially right at this time because of economy isn't doing so good right now. We don't need to be losing anymore jobs because we are already losing enough as if. I think the fall of Communism fasten the speed of economy a lot.
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