Comments on: Book Review: The World Is Flat http://www.trachtenberg.com/blog/2005/07/15/book-review-the-world-is-flat/ Thoughts on PHP, eBay, and too many technical topics for my family's liking. Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:05:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Kishan Modha http://www.trachtenberg.com/blog/2005/07/15/book-review-the-world-is-flat/comment-page-1/#comment-321200 Kishan Modha Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:24:15 +0000 http://www.trachtenberg.com/blog/?p=86#comment-321200 Hi, I have read the book myself, and like most people, have thoroughly enjoyed it! Does anyone have any cons about this book? If so, could you please share them. Regards, Kishan Hi,

I have read the book myself, and like most people, have thoroughly enjoyed it!

Does anyone have any cons about this book? If so, could you please share them.

Regards,

Kishan

]]> By: V Sreenivasan http://www.trachtenberg.com/blog/2005/07/15/book-review-the-world-is-flat/comment-page-1/#comment-319191 V Sreenivasan Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:55:06 +0000 http://www.trachtenberg.com/blog/?p=86#comment-319191 I am probably the odd man out here not jus coz I have read the book twice but also coz I have a different perspective. Put simply, not only does Friedman fail to see the big picture, he is also overwhelmed by the 'shining' India and other parts of the world. Although I am guilty of promoting my blog here, http://commonersviewpoint.blogspot.com/2009/08/book-review-world-is-flat.html I think it briefly presents a different perspective. I am probably the odd man out here not jus coz I have read the book twice but also coz I have a different perspective. Put simply, not only does Friedman fail to see the big picture, he is also overwhelmed by the ’shining’ India and other parts of the world. Although I am guilty of promoting my blog here,

http://commonersviewpoint.blogspot.com/2009/08/book-review-world-is-flat.html

I think it briefly presents a different perspective.

]]> By: brandon lindemer http://www.trachtenberg.com/blog/2005/07/15/book-review-the-world-is-flat/comment-page-1/#comment-16293 brandon lindemer Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:45:26 +0000 http://www.trachtenberg.com/blog/?p=86#comment-16293 my friend was in a starbucks coffie shop and on her cup she read a qoute on her cup from the book "The World Is Flat" i am not sure what it said but she said i had somthing about the world being green.... i know this is an odd request but would you send me the quote if you know what i am talking about.. thanks much.. Brandon Lindemer my friend was in a starbucks coffie shop and on her cup she read a qoute on her cup from the book “The World Is Flat” i am not sure what it said but she said i had somthing about the world being green…. i know this is an odd request but would you send me the quote if you know what i am talking about.. thanks much..

Brandon Lindemer

]]> By: Margaret Anderson http://www.trachtenberg.com/blog/2005/07/15/book-review-the-world-is-flat/comment-page-1/#comment-8759 Margaret Anderson Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:27:23 +0000 http://www.trachtenberg.com/blog/?p=86#comment-8759 This is the history of the world. When 97% of workers were on farms (not all that long ago historically) some sort of work could be found for close to 100% of people willing to work. With each shift up in the requirements for holding a job, a certain percentage of workers on the bottom rungs became unemployable. Many who could pitch hay on a farm weren't able to stand on the production line in a factory. This is going to be one of the dilemmas we will face -increasingly- in the future. What kind of society will we be and will it be a decent society for everybody born into it? This is the history of the world. When 97% of workers were on farms (not all that long ago historically) some sort of work could be found for close to 100% of people willing to work. With each shift up in the requirements for holding a job, a certain percentage of workers on the bottom rungs became unemployable. Many who could pitch hay on a farm weren’t able to stand on the production line in a factory. This is going to be one of the dilemmas we will face -increasingly- in the future. What kind of society will we be and will it be a decent society for everybody born into it?

]]> By: Carolyn Patton http://www.trachtenberg.com/blog/2005/07/15/book-review-the-world-is-flat/comment-page-1/#comment-583 Carolyn Patton Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:55:30 +0000 http://www.trachtenberg.com/blog/?p=86#comment-583 I'm on page 245 and I hope in the next 150 pages Mr. Friedman offers some advice for folks who don't have the education, training, IQ, creativity, ambition, skills and energy to prepare themselves for this brave, new, cruel world. I'm 58 and can opt out when I'm desperate enough...but what will happen to my 16 month old granddaughter who has Down syndrome...she's also cursed with parents who "don't get it." I’m on page 245 and I hope in the next 150 pages Mr. Friedman offers some advice for folks who don’t have the education, training, IQ, creativity, ambition, skills and energy to prepare themselves for this brave, new, cruel world. I’m 58 and can opt out when I’m desperate enough…but what will happen to my 16 month old granddaughter who has Down syndrome…she’s also cursed with parents who “don’t get it.”

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