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Bezig met laden... Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations (2016)door Thomas L. Friedman
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.  MylesKesten | Jan 23, 2024 |    ) DanelleVt | Jan 1, 2024 | Uno dei temi principali del libro è l'accelerazione dei progressi tecnologici e l'impatto che questi hanno sulla società . Friedman esplora come l'avvento di tecnologie come l'Internet, l'intelligenza artificiale e l'automazione stanno trasformando il lavoro, l'economia e la vita quotidiana. L'autore pone l'accento sull'importanza di adattarsi a queste nuove realtà e di sviluppare le competenze necessarie per prosperare in un mondo sempre più digitalizzato. Un altro tema centrale è quello dei cambiamenti climatici e dell'ambiente. Friedman esamina l'urgente necessità di affrontare la crisi climatica e sottolinea come le azioni individuali e collettive possono fare la differenza. Egli sostiene che investire in energie rinnovabili e promuovere la sostenibilità ambientale non solo può contribuire a mitigare i danni ambientali, ma può anche stimolare l'innovazione e la creazione di posti di lavoro. Oltre a ciò, Friedman esplora anche la globalizzazione e l'interconnessione dei mercati e delle culture in un mondo sempre più interdipendente. Discute delle opportunità offerte dalla globalizzazione, ma anche delle sfide che essa comporta, come la perdita di posti di lavoro e l'accentuazione delle disuguaglianze. L'autore sottolinea l'importanza di creare un equilibrio tra il libero scambio e la tutela degli interessi delle comunità locali. Un elemento notevole del libro è il suo approccio umano e personale. Friedman intreccia le sue analisi e le sue ricerche con storie di persone reali che ha incontrato durante i suoi viaggi e le sue interviste. Queste storie umane aggiungono profondità e concretezza alle tematiche affrontate nel libro, rendendolo più accessibile e coinvolgente per il lettore. Nel complesso, "Thank You for Being Late" offre una prospettiva ampia e stimolante sulle sfide e le opportunità del mondo contemporaneo. Thomas L. Friedman invita i lettori a riflettere sulle dinamiche che plasmano la nostra società e a considerare come possiamo contribuire a un futuro migliore. Se sei interessato ai temi come la tecnologia, l'ambiente e la globalizzazione, questo libro ti offrirà una ricca fonte di informazioni e spunti di discussione. (  ) AntonioGallo | Aug 24, 2023 | All of which means that since humans don't evolve at that speed, we'll have to catch up, become lifelong learners, and more, if we each hope to stay relevant in the 21st century. (  ) Ricardo_das_Neves | Jan 14, 2023 | ) MMc009 | Jan 30, 2022 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML: A field guide to the twenty-first century, written by one of its most celebrated observers We all sense itâ??something big is going on. You feel it in your workplace. You feel it when you talk to your kids. You can't miss it when you read the newspapers or watch the news. Our lives are being transformed in so many realms all at onceâ??and it is dizzying. In Thank You for Being Late, a work unlike anything he has attempted before, Thomas L. Friedman exposes the tectonic movements that are reshaping the world today and explains how to get the most out of them and cushion their worst impacts. You will never look at the world the same way again after you read this book: how you understand the news, the work you do, the education your kids need, the investments your employer has to make, and the moral and geopolitical choices our country has to navigate will all be refashioned by Friedman's original analysis. Friedman begins by taking us into his own way of looking at the worldâ??how he writes a column. After a quick tutorial on that subject, he proceeds to write what could only be called a giant column about the twenty-first century. His thesis: to understand the twenty-first century, you need to understand that the planet's three largest forcesâ??Moore's law (technology); the Market (globalization); and Mother Nature (climate change and biodiversity loss)â??are accelerating all at once. These accelerations are transforming five key realms: the workplace, politics, geopolitics, ethics, and community. Why is this happening? As Friedman shows, the exponential increase in computing power defined by Moore's law has a lot to do with it. The year 2007 was a major inflection point: the release of the iPhone, together with advances in silicon chips, software, storage, sensors, and networking, created a new technology platform. Friedman calls this platform "the supernova"â??for it is an extraordinary release of energy that is reshaping everything from how we hail a taxi to the fate of nations to our most intimate relationships. It is creating vast new opportunities for individuals and small groups to save the worldâ??or to destroy it. Thank You for Being Late is a work of contemporary history that serves as a field manual for how to write and think about this era of accelerations. It's also an argument for "being late"â??for pausing to appreciate this amazing historical epoch we're passing through and reflecting on its possibilities and dangers. To amplify this point, Friedman revisits his Minnesota hometown in his moving concluding chapters; there, he explores how communities can create a "topsoil of trust" to anchor their increasingly diverse and digital populations. With his trademark vitality, wit, and optimism, Friedman shows that we can overcome the multiple stresses of an age of accelerationsâ??if we slow down, if we dare to be late and use the time to reimagine work, politics, and community. Thank You for Being Late is Friedman's most ambitious bookâ??and an essential guide to th Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Sometimes I think Friedman is addressing me as though I were the CEO of a Fortune 500 company plying me with stories how I can keep up with and exploit trends in technology and globalization to keep my stock price headed in the right direction.
Sometimes I think Friedman wants me to be a public policy maker ready to treat the issues of climate change more seriously, or worse yet, a Republican President who actually has the power to do good...or ill.
But most often, I think Tom Friedman treats me as an American in paradise who grew up in the 1950's and has both a little too much money and a little too much time on my hands so that maybe I'll take time off from my crushing existence to do a little good in the world.
Have you ever walked into a doll's house where the ceiling is artificially low, the furniture a little small, and the teacups on the table made in miniature? It makes you feel bigger than you are, no? That's a little how I feel walking into Friedman's construct. The world's problems seem so manageable. AI getting you down? No problem! Let's work with machines to eliminate employment and take control of the mechanized world. Nervous about Republican bigwigs? All we have to do is get them in the same room as right-minded business leaders and we'll straighten out all the misconceptions about community action.
While there are some fun stories in this book, too much of it is leavened with "American optimism" and too little with real research.
It is nice to believe that cultural diversity promotes economic growth, social cohesion, and good old-fashioned broad-mindedness. Show me the data!
The book veers dangerously into self-help much like some of the worst of Malcolm Gladwell's pop hits. I could be happier! I could be richer! I could even be more socially active! But then again, I could also be broke in six months, fighting off cancer, and watching my city dissolve into an abyss.
I empathize with Friedman's concern that American politics -- and Middle-East politics, for that matter -- have hit a dead end. It looks like all three branches of the US federal government are intent on dismantling everything they can get their hands on. We are going to see the Americans dismantle regulation of the financial services industry, the crude extraction industry, environmental protections, protections for women's health, health insurance, its diplomatic corps, and maybe even the intelligence apparatus.
It's not going to be pretty.
Then, Lucy, we've got some "splainin" to do. (