Thomas Friedman

Is the World Flat?

Background:Thomas Friedman, journalist, three times winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and columnist and New York Times is awesome. Are you familiar with his award wining publications?

Learning Activity:

Friedman’s lecture at the Swiss ECS 2013, “The Next New World” on YouTube, is amazing.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7cnehkQpdY 

Using MS Word, please write a 1-page short paper and respond to the following questions.

1. What did you learn from this film?
2. Do you agree or disagree with Friedman’s assessment that the world is flat? Be sure to justify your answer.