The flattening of the world may be an amazing occurance, which overall in my opinion is a good thing which need be embraced, but there are however some potential downsides to it. Some people who are unable to adapt to the new world, by educating themselves in the ways necessary to survive and thrive in it, will undoubtedly get left behind, and steadily have less ability to support themselves financially.
The flattening of the world also has the potential to cut out the human factor in doing business; without the need to actually physically interact with those that you are trying to buy from, the creativity, and vision part of products, and services cease to be apparent to the consumer, and instead it becomes a purely price based decision. With that come companies like Wal-mart, which underpay its workers in order to cut their prices by fractions of cents, so as to appeal to consumers. Finally, there is the shortsighted argument that as we slowly move towards a global community we Americans lose our superiority over other nations... but I'll discuss this particular topic more in my next post.
The flattening of the world also has the potential to cut out the human factor in doing business; without the need to actually physically interact with those that you are trying to buy from, the creativity, and vision part of products, and services cease to be apparent to the consumer, and instead it becomes a purely price based decision. With that come companies like Wal-mart, which underpay its workers in order to cut their prices by fractions of cents, so as to appeal to consumers. Finally, there is the shortsighted argument that as we slowly move towards a global community we Americans lose our superiority over other nations... but I'll discuss this particular topic more in my next post.
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