The World is Flat

After reading through the book The World is Flat I have gained an interest as well as a better understanding of how much technology has really changed the business world today. I always thought of technology as mostly something that affected people in America, or people in other developed parts of the world like Europe, but I can see that it has really changed the whole world. We are all connected now in a very large network making business very easy to do all over the world, not just in your local neighborhood. Computers and the internet have made it very easy to get a product to the rest of the world. In fact most people will do research on products through the internet first before going to a store to buy it, or they will even purchase straight through the internet. It is pretty amazing to see the growth of internet businesses.

Another thing that was really brought up and talked about in the book was outsourcing and how that affects people in the United States. I have to say that I used to think that outsourcing our jobs was a really bad thing for workers in America, but I now have a more educated look at it. I have realized that most companies that outsource actually are just expanding there company, they are not really losing many employees by doing that. Also, it is interesting to think that because these jobs are going over seas it helps out the economy in these other countries making it possible for other people to buy more American products. By doing this it actually creates more jobs for Americans. I have a sister who works for Microsoft who actually travels over to China about every three months to train a team of programmers over there. While talking to her, she has nothing bad to say about the project over there and does not ever feel like there are too many jobs going overseas.

Overall, reading this book has really changed the way that I look at globalization and how much technology is changing the world we live in. Our world has definitely become smaller through technology and it is neat to see so many different countries doing business together so easily.