CategoryEconomics

When the walls came down, and the windows went up, the rules of the game changed.

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

Whatever can be done, will be done. The question is whether it will be done by you or to you.

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

The most important ability you can have is the ability to learn how to learn.

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

Globalization has accidentally made Beijing, Bangalore and Bethesda next door neighbors.

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

You cannot remain analog in this digital world.

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

History moves in cycles, but the future is shaped by the steady march of innovation and progress.

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

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