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Thomas L. Friedman, award winning NY Times columnist and author of
The Lexus and the Olive Tree,
Longitudes and Attitudes, and
From Beirut to Jerusalem, will publish his fourth book,
The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, this week. An article adopted from the book, "
It’s a Flat World After All", was printed in the NY Times Magazine today:
In 1492 Christopher Columbus set sail for India, going west. He had the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. He never did find India, but he called the people he met 'Indians' and came home and reported to his king and queen: 'The world is round.' I set off for India 512 years later. I knew just which direction I was going. I went east. I had Lufthansa business class, and I came home and reported only to my wife and only in a whisper: 'The world is flat.'
posted by NotMyselfRightNow
on Apr 3, 2005 -
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