T.W.I.F

Thomas Friedman is a 3 time Pulitzer prize winning author and op-ed journalist for the New York Times. In 2005, Friedman authored a book titled __The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century__. The book was awarded “the first Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award, and Friedman was named one of America's Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report”. The national bestseller, __The World is Flat__ describes how the world has become closely connected as a result of 10 events or flatteners. Thomas Friedman wrote, "The first three flatteners created the new platform for collaboration, and the next six are the new forms of collaboration that flattened the world even more." Friedman implies the 10 flatteners occurred right before our eyes perhaps without a second thought or connection. The 10 flatteners set forth in motion a technologically driven global market in which he predicts participants will flourish and those who do not jump in will be left behind struggling to survive.