Future Progress

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

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

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

The triple convergence has created a playing field more level than at any time in history.

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