Since the start of the millennium, globalization and the Internet revolution have worked hand-in-hand to fundamentally change the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world.
Globalization as we know it today would not have been possible without the Internet. As New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman described in his bestselling book “The [...]
This is the third post of my “The Pace of Globalization” series. For the previous two posts, follow these links:
The Pace of Globalization I
The Pace of Globalization II
In the first post of this series, I featured the video “Did You Know?” by Karl Fisch, a teacher at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado.
Mr. Fisch has [...]
In his bestselling book “The World is Flat”, New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman - one of my favorite authors - analyzes globalization and divides it into three eras:
“Globalization 1.0 (1492 to 1800) shrank the world from a size large to a size medium, and the dynamic force in that era was countries globalizing [...]
The pace of globalization is increasing. And that is good for all of us. Today, we are more inter-connected than at any other date in history. More people communicate, collaborate and compete with each other than ever before.
Globalization is the driving force behind the progress of the human race. Globalization brings peace and prosperity. Globalization [...]
Yesterday I came across an article by James Quinn who is convinced that we’re at the beginning of the “Millennial Crisis” which he sees as the fourth turning of a 100-year cycle which started with the American High after World War II. For a detailed explanation of this concept, I recommend you to read his article [...]
