Libro Thank You for Being Late. Sinopsis libro, reseña libro.
In his most ambitious work to date, Thomas L. Friedman shows that we have entered an age of dizzying acceleration–and explains how to live in it. Due to an exponential increase in computing power, climbers atop Mount Everest enjoy excellent cell-phone service and self-driving cars are taking to the roads. A parallel explosion of economic interdependency has created new riches as well as spiraling debt burdens. Meanwhile, Mother Nature is also seeing dramatic changes as carbon levels rise and species go extinct, with compounding results.
How do these changes interact, and how can we cope with them? To get a better purchase on the present, Friedman returns to his Minnesota childhood and sketches a world where politics worked and joining the middle class was an achievable goal. Today, by contrast, it is easier than ever to be a maker (try 3-D printing) or a breaker (the Islamic State excels at using Twitter), but harder than ever to be a leader or merely «average.» Friedman concludes that nations and individuals must learn to be fast (innovative and quick to adapt), fair (prepared to help the casualties of change), and slow (adept at shutting out the noise and accessing their deepest values). With vision, authority, and wit, Thank You for Being Late establishes a blueprint for how to think about our times Libro Thank You for Being Late.
Sara –
This book has a lot to say for those of who were born, and grew up, before the internet in particular. The author is a journalist and he argues that his job is to understand a complex subject, so he can help his readers understand it. He also argues that many people feel, “fearful or unmoored,” in these changing times. Technology, globalisation and climate change, he argues, are all accelerating in pace, while our society, workplaces and politics are changing.
Of course, we have always lived in a changing world and we have to adapt to it. It is fairly obvious that Friedman preferred earlier times, wishing to take time out to reflect and pause. I agree with much of what he writes, about needing time to reflect and to live in our community and not online. The internet is a wonderful thing, but you need to take what you need from it and ignore the more unpleasant aspects. In the same way, you do not want to live your life online, becoming detached from reality and I do my utmost to protect my children from the all pervasive aspects of social media and online influence. This is a sensible call to slow down, relax and live at your own speed. I do not think everything new is negative, but I would agree that it is not all positive…