Triple Convergence

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

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

Flattening processes are not just bringing down the walls around countries but also the walls within countries.

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

The Internet has become the global platform for integration, allowing people to collaborate and compete everywhere and anywhere.

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

The great challenge of this century is to absorb the ten forces that flattened the world into our societies and our minds, and then act upon them.

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