Global Neighbors

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up… It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed… Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better start running.

Thomas L. Friedman – The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century

In a flat world, you can innovate without having to emigrate.

Thomas L. Friedman – The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century

The flattening of the world means that we are now connecting all the knowledge centers on the planet together into a single global network.

Thomas L. Friedman – The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century

We are now in the era of ‘whatever you are good at, you should be able to take global.’

Thomas L. Friedman – The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century

If you don’t visit the bad neighborhood, the bad neighborhood is going to visit you.

Thomas L. Friedman – The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century