The World

Kassandra Chang 8/21/14 Period 1 APHG Summer Writing assignment The World is Flat By: Thomas L. Friedman 1. What is it about the flat world that both excites Friedman and fills him with dread? Friedman gets excited because the flattening of the world means that we as people who inhabit Earth are collecting all of our knowledge and putting it together into this worldwide network. By doing this we would start to emerge ourselves in an era of prosperity, innovation, and collaboration, by company’s

Caleb Matthew Howard 1/19/16 Mrs.O’sullivan English III Hunger in the World Millions of people in the world went to bed hungry last night. The amount of food in the world is unevenly distributed and adequately produced to satisfy the needs of humanities growing population. The hunger issue the planet is faced with can be resolved with the conservation of excess food, the increased use of Genetically Modified Foods (GMFs) and the greater funding of global relief efforts. As long as people have

Saving the World Over the next forty years, the global population is expected to reach nine billion people. How can we supply the growing global demand for commodities that arise from developing economies and world population growth? As economies develop and the world population grows, the demand for food will also increase. This increase in population, combined with expected economic growth, will cause an increase in commodities demanded and inevitably drain the resources we use for food production

The War of the Worlds When earth is invaded, what will happen? Great science fiction novels explore many scenarios like this. The likelihood of an Alien invasion is still a highly talked about topic in science fiction today. But none approach the subject of alien invasions like The War of the Worlds. When looking for a science fiction novel a reader has a wide array of books to choose from. One would want to choose a classic science fiction novel that is engaging and believable. H.G. Wells’ novel

In the video/summary of “The world is flat” by Friedman,. he was supporting globalization in the 21st century and he ignored the negative side of it. In his case, the term “World is flat” refers to the "leveling of the playing field" between the economic dynamics of the West and the rising economic powers of India and China. Friedman's idea is that because of huge improvements in technological advances, the society is becoming more and more exceptional. He didn’t to take into consideration the realities

most primal definition, is extremely beneficial to First and Third world countries alike. Ideally, Globalization would create more jobs in the countries involved, increase trade between nations thus lowering the price of goods, and spread information about the dire effects of sexism, racism etc in order to improve the lives of people being affected by these institutions. However, the truth is that the world is not perfect. The world is currently run by capitalist and racist people who use Globalization

The World Bank Bureaucracy is one of the pillars of modern western society. Although this statement is debatable from many aspects, most would agree that, at the very least, our lives are greatly affected by bureaucracy. Bureaucracy is the 'pure form of rational organization' (Newson, Jan 11). Not only is it a method for achieving goals efficiently and effectively, but it is acclaimed as the most able strategy to meet objectives. The World Bank is a classic example of a bureaucratic organization

Correspondingly, the dangerous undercurrents that flowed beneath the deceptively calm surface of the “safe” world are always easier to be omitted. It seems like that we are living in a world where prosperity, happiness and wealth. A lot of data, such as GDP and compared graphs, convinced people that the world is safe, whereas obscure the hidden hazards. Selective data may make it look like the world is safer and better, but danger in minority as well as some threats and problems, such as cyber-attacks

societies of the world in a dualistic manner—the West sees and defines itself in relation to a culture of opposites. While it identifies itself as familiar and normal, it characterizes the Other according to its deficiencies. The Western world will never be able to fully understand other societies and their differences in relation to one another if it continues to perpetuate these distinctions. Wolf’s perspective places an emphasis on the role of history in perceptions of the non-Western world and how

Comparing Margaret Cavendish’s The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World and Sir Thomas More’s Utopia The so-called Utopia – the quasi-perfect society – flourishes in Margaret Cavendish’s “The Description of a New World, Called a Blazing World” and Sir Thomas More’s Utopia. While the former is a dreamlike account of fantasy rule and the latter a pseudo-realistic travelogue, both works paint a picture of worlds that are not so perfect after all. These imperfections glitter like