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thorough, and very informative, Friedman has a folksy style of journalism that brings complex business and social processes down to earth though he also has an undue penchant for coining obnoxious phrases, like "glocalize" or "IslamoLeninist".
Good for getting a grip on the major issues of globalization, including things that affect you every day and you probably know nothing about,

But you have to read between the lines, Friedman is openly supportive of globalization, and his presentation is generally from a corporatelevel perspective with only occasional sorties into the gritty realities of the people who suffer because of it.
I find his excessive focus on globalization's winnersIndia and Chinadisingenuous and his almost complete lack of any reference to Latin America and Africa disturbing, I find it irritating that he fails to decode the euphemisms that his executive interviewees commonly use, such as WalMart's CEO referring to its "lowcost business culture" which means no healthcare for employees.
He has far too much faith in the magical power of markets to solve problems, breezily dismisses most of the serious objections to the current trends, and refuses to take seriously the social and psychological, in addition to economic, effects of globalization.
But that's my political bent your mileage may vary,

This book has two main problems unconnected to political philosophy, First, proponents of globalization, especially journalistic trendcasters, face an insoluble paradox, By their own accounts, what is happening right now is a drastic reorganization that is an order of magnitude larger than the Industrial Revolution, an order of magnitude faster, and accelerating all the time.
Yet they talk about these revolutionary developments as if the changes can be managed by reformed healthcare and education policies, The Industrial Revolution was accompanied by massive dislocation, population migrations, revolutions, colonialism, wrenching poverty, industrialized total war, and so on, If globalization is really so huge and so fast, then pretending that the sameor worseis not going to happen is just stupid,

Second, Friedman talks a lot about nations like India, China, and the U, S. with detailed policy critiques and prescriptions, but he seems to miss the logical result of globalization: the death of the nationstate, The free flow of capital and the internationalization of labor pools means transnational corporations with more money and more power than governments, with no national loyalties to tie them down and no serious rivals except each other.
The erosion of the nationstate, and the imagined communities upon which modern identities are based, is as revolutionary a phenomenon as its formation in the first place, and that will necessarily change everything.
I fail to understand why Friedman does not see the implications of the processes that he describes,

Anyhoo. It's worth reading, even if Friedman makes you as angry as he made me, because at the least it brings up some issues that people should really start thinking about more carefully.
What an excellent book. It is a really compelling tale of the current state of the world in regards to free trade, outsourcing, and technology, Ive never read a book before where I literally found myself agreeing with every point that was made, I thought all of his ideas were spot on,

He has a great way with words and with breaking concepts down into simple terms, But at the same time, still being able to remain technical, I especially liked his “Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention“, He is referring to Dell, the multinational computer conglomerate, Whether or not you like Dell, you have to admit that their supply chain and usage of technology to get your computer order taken, assembled, and shipped is amazing.
For details on this supply chain, see pagesin the book,

“No two countries that are both part of a major global supply chain, like Dells, will ever fight a war against each other as long as they are both part of the same global supply chain.
Because people embedded in major global supply chains dont want to fight oldtime wars anymore, They want to make justintime deliveries of goods and services and enjoy the rising standards of living that come with that, ” The World Is Flat, p,

He translates participation in what I would call “ultracapitalism” as a socalled “cure” for war mongering, Ha! But I admit, it does certainly make sense,

It is an excellent book, Anyone who is involved in anything having to do with technology today should certainly read it, And for anyone else, it is a good insight into how quickly the world is changing, right under everyones noses, Holy sh this book went on and on, And on. The world is flat, oh yes! I see! But how flat is the world again, Mr, Friedman Tell me once again, exactly how flat is it Really flat You don't say!

Maybe it's just me being a grad student for too long, but I prefer my nonfiction books to have a list of references.
Perhaps a footnote or two, But this book is just a series of anecdotes with some jargon thrown in Bangalore, . . curiosity quotient flatteners informing Bangalore compassionate flatism glocalization Bangalore.

But that's apparently what he intended, If you made it to pagein theversion bonus flatness!, you might have noticed that Friedman approvingly quotes Stanley Fischer as saying that "one good example is worth a thousand theories.
" Uh, what That doesn't make any sense, Freidman thinks so, though this book is a thousand good examples that add up to a few coherent theories,

Maybe the topic of globalization is just too broad to write concisely about, or maybe Friedman was looking at way too many trees rather than seeing the forest.
But this book annoyed the hell out of me, and it only got worse as it went on,

Not to say I wouldn't recommend it, I mean, read chapters, then just pick and choose what interests you in the middle, and then readbecause those actually say something new, The book thoroughly covers globalization and the business world, and America's place in the new economy, It covers a lot of ground, And mostly, the ideas are great and wellfounded,

I did get a little squeamish at times, when Friedman's advocacy of free trade borders on trickledown meritocratic patriotic Republicanisms, See p.: "The inspirational power of a local business success story is incalculable: There is no greater motivator for the poor than looking at one of their own who makes it big and saying: "If she can do it, I can do it.
'" But his heart is in the right place, I think, See p.: " a policy of free trade, while necessary, is not enough by itself, It must be accompanied by a focused domestic strategy aimed at upgrading the education of every American, so that he or she will be able to compete for the new jobs in a flat world.
" I can agree with that,

But really, if you're underyou need to read this book like you need a hole in the head, You've been living it. Go read a blog. THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTYFIRST CENTURY RELEASE,BY THOMAS FRIEDMAN: Thomas Friedman is a well known columnist for the New York Times and the person to turn to for answers about this countrys economy and where its headed.
The premiere hardcover edition of The World is Flat hit the bookshelves in April of, and in that time it has gone through a second edition in hardcover, and finally a third edition in both paperback and hardcover.
Friedmans excuse for updating is that the world is constantly changing, necessitating further chapters in his book, One wonders if there may be a “Release,” in the paperback only time and our everchanging present will tell, Nevertheless, The World is Flat is a truly unique book, whether it be for a student of economics, or a person looking for answers to why outsourcing is getting so out of control.


Friedman begins with an introduction to how he discovered that the world had become flat noticing details here and there in his travels around the world, and then putting it all together.
He then leads into his ten forces that flattened the world, explaining how they came to be, what effect they had on the “flattening” of the world, and how some are continuing to do so.
These include two important dates:, which was when the Berlin Wall came down and eastern Europe and Russia joined the rest of the world once again andwhen Netscape first released its browser to computer owners, allowing

them to surf this new thing called the Internet.
Friedman hits every important step in the way business has changed in the last three decades: from WalMarts ingenuity in supplychaining, leading to the incredible system whereby a product is purchased at a WalMart store sending a message to the supplier which immediately starts making another copy of that product to software development in its original free form with LINUX to the light speed development of sites like MySpace, Facebook, and online blogs where everyone has a voice to the existence of large buildings in places like Bangalore, India, housing thousands of customer service representatives helping American customers thousands of miles away with anything from credit card bills to cellphone technical questions.


With these ten factors serving as a basis for how and why the world has become flattened, Friedman takes the reader on a trip around the world, elucidating exactly why when we call for help now, the chances of getting a person with an accent whos native language isnt English are incredibly high.
But isnt this what America is all about Perhaps not, when the person you are talking to is on the other side of the world, and that this is somehow cheaper and better for the company you are calling that using an American citizen who could be just a few miles away.
While Friedman does have some answers, it is clear that America and the world is at a turning point, much like the beginning of the twentieth century when there was the roaring beast of industrialization, and the explosion of the assemblyline system of the Model T Ford.
One can certainly expect more from Friedman in the coming years, as new and inconceivable changes happen before our very eyes, For now, The World is Flat is the only guidebook we have, and it does its job to a T,

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Amazing. Dahsyat. Friedman adalah pengamat yang jitu, jeli dan mendalam, Juga seseorang futurist yang kayaknya sih tepat,

Dimulai dengan perenungannya tentang dunia yang datar, saat one day dia bermain golf di satu tempat di India, Saat ia akan memukul, ada yg mengarahkan : “Arahkan ke Microsoft atau IBM”, Itu adalah dua bangunan baja dan kaca yang berkilauan, Seakan limbung, antara di Kansas tidak, ia di India, Tapi semua penanda adalah icon icon Amerika,

Sesuatu yang terjadi di mana pun, Pernah saya di atas layang Casablanca persis yang di atas Sudirman, Arahkan pandang ke arah gedung Bursa Efek, . oh. . mirip dengan pemandangan yang pernah saya lihat di Hongkong, Pencakar langit yang tak akrab memenuhi langit,

Tapi bukan sekedar itu, Buku ini mengangkat kondisi kehidupan di dunia yang saat ini terasa datar, Sesuatu yang terjadi di New York, saat yang sama terjadi di Jakarta, Suatu peristiwa di belahan bumi lain, akan dapat dilihat sekejap dari belahan bumi yang lain lagi, Luar biasa. Kecanggihan teknologi, komunikasi, membuat dunia ini semakin terasa kecil, Terasa datar.

Beberapa point menarik dari buku ini di antaranya kekuatankekuatan yang membuat dunia ini menjadi datar, Kita yang mengalami, mungkin merasakan kekuatan itu, akan setuju dengan Friedman, Runtuhnya tembok Berlin. Netscape. Anyone remember browser yang sangat nyaman dipakai di tahunan akhir, ketika IE dari Microsoft belum gratis dan belum senyaman sekarang, Workflow. Yang membuat prosedur kerja tidak perlu lagi dilakukan secara manual by kertas, Dulu kalau kita ingin cuti, mesti ambil form di HRD, isi, masuk ke ruang atasan, minta approval, balikin ke HRD, Sekarang cukup dari meja kerja kita, Click ke web tempat cuti online, klik, klik, klik, klik, klik, . beres. No need to go anywhere, Uploading. Merubah semua orang bisa menjadi pemberi informasi, Dulu bikin website susahnya setengah mati, mesti belajar dan ngerti kode html, Sekarang. Cukup mengerti klik klik klik klik, . jadi blog yg keren. Outsourcing. Offshoring. Pekerjaan yang bukan core, berikan pada pihak lain, dan ini sudah lintas negara, Teringat pertemuan dengan seorang teman sekitarbulan lalu, Dia bilang, dia akan kena layoff, Bukan karena global crisis. Tapi karena perusahaannya mengoffshore accounting function ke India, dan di Indonesia hanya dipertahankanorang, yang bertugas sebagai document scanner, Ck ck ck

Supply Chain, Mempertegas hilangnya hambatan antar negara, Insourcing. Informing. Semua bisa mencari informasi sendiri, Googling akan menjadi mata pelajaran di sekolah, . yg ini dari saya. Steroid. Digital, mobile, personal dan virtual, Peralatan yang menemani kita dalam keseharian, diistilahkan oleh Friedman sebagai steroid, Itu adalah halhal yang membuat dunia ini menjadi datar,

Yang menarik, Friedman tidak saja sebagai presentis, pengamat, tetapi juga berlaku sebagai futuris, peramal, Salah satunya adalah bagaimana kita memperkuat diri kita menjadi pribadi yang eksis di dunia datar ini, Tentunya dari kacamata bisnis.

Pengetahuan, ketrampilan, ide dan motivasi, akan menjadi modal kekuatan pribadi yang dominan, Pribadi, akan berperan dominan dalam era dunia datar, Jika dalam globalisasi., negara harus mengglobal, kemudian dalam globalisasi,, perusahaan harus mengglobal, maka dalam globalisasi,, pribadi lah yang harus mengglobal, Individu dituntut untuk berpikir global supaya bisa berkembang, atau sekurangkurangnya bisa bertahan hidup, Jadi bukan saja keterampilan teknis yang dibutuhkan, tetapi kelenturan mental, motivasi diri dan mobilitas psikologis harus dikuasai, Tak pernah cukup menjadi orang yang sedangsedang saja mediocre,

Kita harus menjadi yang tak terjamah, Ini berarti orang yg pekerjaannya tidak dapat dioutsource, didigitalkan, atau diotomatisasikan, Apa or siapa kah itu Friedman membagi dalam tiga kategori, Pertama adalah orangorang yang istimewa, JK Rowling satu contohnya. Kedua, orangorang yang menetap. Mereka memang dibutuhkan di lokasi itu, Tukang cukur, satu contohnya. Kita tidak mungkin cukur rambut secara virtual, Yang ketiga, kelas menengah. Inilah yang terberat, karena kita berada di level ini, Maaf, bukan kita, saya. Kelas menengah harus memiliki keunggulan kompetitif untuk bersaing dengan sesama kelas menengah yang lain, Harus punya nilai tambah. Jadi meskipun secara literal, pekerjaan kelas menengah itu bisa dioutsource, didigitalkan, atau diotomatisasikan, tapi ada value di pribadi itu yang tidak bisa didapat lewat proses outsource, digital dan otomatis.
Be special.

Bagaimana untuk menjadi special

Beberapa kemampuan harus dimiliki, Kolaborator. Orkestrator. Mampu menjadi dirigen sebuah orkestra, yang terdiri dari banyak komponen musisi, tetapi menghadirkan musik yang indah, Pesintesa. Bisa menjadi dot people, maupun big picture people, Bisa melihat gambaran luas, mampu mendeteksi gambaran detail, Penjelas yang hebat. Bisa menjelaskan sesuatu yang rumit, dalam bahasa yang mudah, sehingga dapat dimengerti oleh orang awam sekalipun, Pengadaptasi. Tinggalkan spesialisasi, arahkan ke “serba bisa” dan “adaptif”, Pecinta lingkungan. Pemberi sentuhan pribadi. Ini yang menarik. Everything with personal touch. . will be more valuable. Ingat, manusia adalah makhluk sosial yang menikmati kontak personal, Kontak manusiawi. Seasyikasyiknya conference, tetap lebih asyik chat bilateral, Lokalisator yang hebat. Hatihati. . bukan lokalisasi.

Untuk bisa meraih kemampuan itu, kita harus memiliki kemampuan untuk belajar bagaimana belajar, Learn how to learn. Terus menerus menyerap, mengajari diri sendiri, Untuk bisa belajar bagaimana belajar, syarat pertama adalah cinta belajar! Or at least, menikmatinya,

CQ PQ gt IQ, Ketika dunia menjadi datar, keingintahuan dan antusiasme terhadap sebuah pekerjaan, keberhasilan, pokok masalah, ataupun sebuah hobi akan menjadi jauh lebih penting, CQ curious quotient. PQ passion quotient. Keingintahuan dan gairah yang tinggi, akan lebih penting dibandingkan IQ yang tinggi, Kita perlu bersentuhan kembali dengan antusiasme, gairah yang polos/kekanakkanakan atas suatu pekerjaan, tanpa peduli gaji, jam kerja, maupun persiapan yang dibutuhkan,

Kita perlu menyukai orang, Kita harus mampu berinteraksi dengan orang lain secara baik, Keterampilan relasi, adalah aset dalam dunia kerja, dan juga dalam dunia datar, Ingatlah, interaksi yang mendalam dan pribadi, tidak pernah dapat dioutsource, didigitalkan, atau diotomatisasikan,

Tingkatkan kemampuan otak kanan, sebanding dengan otak kiri, Di dunia datar yang banjir oleh data, informasi, dicekik oleh alternatif pilihan, kemampuan yang penting adalah mendekati jiwa dari belahan otak kanan, yaitu kemampuan artistik, empati, melihat gambaran besar, dan kemampuan menelusuri halhal yang transenden, beyond, melampaui diri.
Lebih memilih untuk membangun relasi dibandingkan transaksi, Tinggalkan one hit action.

Jadi ketika kita mendengar seseorang berbicara, lakukan yang anda cintai, itu bukan lah kata mutiara, Tapi itu adalah strategi untuk bertahan hidup, di dunia datar ini,

Mau lanjut. . baca saja bukunya yah
Sementara, . . gak sabar saya nunggu buku terbaru dari Friedman, Hot, Flat and Crowded,

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