Comments on: Extreme Book Review: The Post-American World http://www.darwinsfinance.com/extreme-book-review-the-post-american-world/ Financial Evolution: Education, Adaptation, Achievement Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:43:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: beyrxhttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/extreme-book-review-the-post-american-world/#comment-314 beyrx Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:55:34 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=286#comment-314 Hello again- Gotta say I do enjoy your book reviews. I orignally bought "The World is Flat" based on your reccomendation over a year ago and was very glad I did. Keep up the good work! Hello again-

Gotta say I do enjoy your book reviews. I orignally bought “The World is Flat” based on your reccomendation over a year ago and was very glad I did. Keep up the good work!

]]> By: Darwinhttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/extreme-book-review-the-post-american-world/#comment-304 Darwin Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:04:36 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=286#comment-304 Did you read the book? There's no disputing that the current generation of workers faces a much different reality than past generations. Did anyone in your parents' generation lose a job to someone in India doing the same job over the internet at a fraction of the cost? Now, we all know people that have. I mean, the book's a few years old now and perhaps a bit dated in that it's now even easier than it was a few years ago for me to outsource my administrative life to someone at 1/10 the cost to do everything from scan/review my email to write web pages for me to reading xrays at a fraction of the cost of a rad tech in North America or preparing tax returns for nickels on the dollar compared to what I'm paying an accountant here. With the advent of high speed internet access virtually everywhere, a wide spread between local and virtual costs and a little innovation, anything is possible now. If you haven't geared yourself up for a career in a flat world, look out; that's all I can say. Did you read the book? There’s no disputing that the current generation of workers faces a much different reality than past generations. Did anyone in your parents’ generation lose a job to someone in India doing the same job over the internet at a fraction of the cost? Now, we all know people that have. I mean, the book’s a few years old now and perhaps a bit dated in that it’s now even easier than it was a few years ago for me to outsource my administrative life to someone at 1/10 the cost to do everything from scan/review my email to write web pages for me to reading xrays at a fraction of the cost of a rad tech in North America or preparing tax returns for nickels on the dollar compared to what I’m paying an accountant here. With the advent of high speed internet access virtually everywhere, a wide spread between local and virtual costs and a little innovation, anything is possible now. If you haven’t geared yourself up for a career in a flat world, look out; that’s all I can say.

]]> By: CanadianInvestorhttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/extreme-book-review-the-post-american-world/#comment-302 CanadianInvestor Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:56:55 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=286#comment-302 Friedman's book is the only thing that is flat. The world is round. His metaphor is as ridiculous as the reality of the world vs the ancient misconception that the world is flat. Increasing globalisation is a very long term, gradual trend that has not suddenly come upon us. Better books are Tapscott's Wikinomics and especially Robert Wright's Non-Zero Sum. <abbr><em>CanadianInvestor's last blog post..<a href="http://howtoinvestonline.blogspot.com/2009/03/corporate-bonds-for-rrsp-or-tfsa-in.html" rel="nofollow">Corporate Bonds for an RRSP or TFSA in 2009 - an Opportunity?</a></abbr></em> Friedman’s book is the only thing that is flat. The world is round. His metaphor is as ridiculous as the reality of the world vs the ancient misconception that the world is flat. Increasing globalisation is a very long term, gradual trend that has not suddenly come upon us. Better books are Tapscott’s Wikinomics and especially Robert Wright’s Non-Zero Sum.

CanadianInvestor’s last blog post..Corporate Bonds for an RRSP or TFSA in 2009 – an Opportunity?

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