News: Thomas Friedman

Internet ha redefinido la forma de hacer negocios, “la tierra es plana nuevamente” (como lo escribe Thomas Friedman en su libro) y tu website es la puerta de entrada para más oportunidades de negocio, existir solamente en el mundo físico es una muerte lenta.

The real breakthrough will come when Friedman writes that Iraq's transition from villainous autocracy to democracy has merely set the stage for what Iraq really needs: "enlightened autocracy" you know, like the Chinese have. If only Saddam had invested in solar powered windmills, we could have spared the bother.

If you're familiar with Thomas Friedman's work, you may have come across his idea of pizza serving as an instrument for sharing cultures: I take some

What will post-industrial society look like? Why, just like pre-industrial society -- a few rich people and a lot of poor people. Like Brazil. Like India. Like Russia. The U.S. is becoming a post-industrial society. It is heading for bankruptcy, the inevitable result of the huge trade deficits we are running with the rest of the world...

Thomas Friedman is puzzled: Obama "speaks so well" yet he "can’t come up with a clear, simple, repeatable narrative to explain his politics."Look out. Here it is again: the "he speaks well" compliment that white people bestow on black people. It was embarrassing and hackneyed 40 years ago. But still it lives.