Thomas L. Friedman is a three-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for his work with The New York Times and the author of six bestselling books, including The World Is Flat.
A field guide to the twenty-first century, written by one of its most celebrated observers
We all sense it―something big is going on. You feel it in your workplace. You feel it when you talk to your kids. You can’t miss it when you read the newspapers or watch the news. Our lives are being transformed in so many realms all at once―and it is dizzying.
In Thank You for Being Late, a work unlike anything he has attempted before, Thomas L. Friedman exposes the tectonic movements that are reshaping the world today and explains how to get the most out of them and cushion their worst impacts. You will never look at the world the same way again after you read this book: how you understand the news, the work you do, the education your kids need, the investments your employer has to make, and the moral and geopolitical choices our country has to navigate will all be refashioned by Friedman’s original analysis.
Friedman begins by taking us into his own way of looking at the world―how he writes a column. After a quick tutorial, he proceeds to write what could only be called a giant column about the twenty-first century. His thesis: to understand the twenty-first century, you need to understand that the planet’s three largest forces―Moore’s law (technology), the Market (globalization), and Mother Nature (climate change and biodiversity loss)―are accelerating all at once. These accelerations are transforming five key realms: the workplace, politics, geopolitics, ethics, and community.
Why is this happening? As Friedman shows, the exponential increase in computing power defined by Moore’s law has a lot to do with it. The year 2007 was a major inflection point: the release of the iPhone, together with advances in silicon chips, software, storage, sensors, and networking, created a new technology platform. Friedman calls this platform “the supernova”―for it is an extraordinary release of energy that is reshaping everything from how we hail a taxi to the fate of nations to our most intimate relationships. It is creating vast new opportunities for individuals and small groups to save the world―or to destroy it.
Thank You for Being Late is a work of contemporary history that serves as a field manual for how to write and think about this era of accelerations. It’s also an argument for “being late”―for pausing to appreciate this amazing historical epoch we’re passing through and to reflect on its possibilities and dangers. To amplify this point, Friedman revisits his Minnesota hometown in his moving concluding chapters; there, he explores how communities can create a “topsoil of trust” to anchor their increasingly diverse and digital populations.
With his trademark vitality, wit, and optimism, Friedman shows that we can overcome the multiple stresses of an age of accelerations―if we slow down, if we dare to be late and use the time to reimagine work, politics, and community. Thank You for Being Late is Friedman’s most ambitious book―and an essential guide to the present and the future.
《世界是平的》一书作者新书,可以看做前者的续集。 主题思想是世界的变化越来越快,已经超过了人类的适应能力,人类也需要巨变来适应这个世界,需要更多的合作与宽容,共同面对难题,否则可能面临毁灭。 书中的事实与观点都没有太多新意。 全书篇幅很长,但是有很大的缩减...
评分这本《谢谢你迟到》的作者是大名鼎鼎的托马斯•弗里德曼,这位曾三度获得普利策奖的全球畅销书作家,他用他的上一本书《世界是平的》改变了包括我在内的年轻一代对于当今世界的理解,而这次他的作品同样是写给这个时代里,我们这些迷茫的人——不知道当今的世界究竟怎...
评分四星,倒数最后三章试图提供解决方案的部分实在不明所以,当个人和社会整体都要被甩出车厢的时候,社区怎么会成为一个独善之地呢?作者故乡的案例恰恰是在之前,按照作者说法,2007年之前的速度下形成的成功故事,对于未来的借鉴很难有效。 至于本书的前半部分,当的起奇书的评...
评分 评分《世界是平的》一书作者新书,可以看做前者的续集。 主题思想是世界的变化越来越快,已经超过了人类的适应能力,人类也需要巨变来适应这个世界,需要更多的合作与宽容,共同面对难题,否则可能面临毁灭。 书中的事实与观点都没有太多新意。 全书篇幅很长,但是有很大的缩减...
如果把气候变化的影响改成中国崛起因素,其他的新技术研发和技术扩散越来越快,全球化的工商金融联系之类我是赞同的;美国也并没真正“绝对的”衰落,只不过相对而言中国等东亚国家崛起挤占了一定实力份额。
评分A cliché-ridden recount of old news.
评分作者对2007到2016这几年的观察。
评分只能说很普通,都是别人的东西。其实别人的东西拿来能说好也行,可是安排上是云里雾里,不知道想要阐述什么。里面quote了无数人,这些人或多或少都写过一些书,基本上都是没有听说过的,美国人真喜欢写书。
评分一直到写Minnesota之前的几章我都觉得气势宏大,虽然作者的主要观点不算新颖,但作者已多年的记者身份旁征博引举了很多生动的例子——特别是对于中东国家如何在气候变化的影响下加剧了区域不稳定性,并将这不稳定性蔓延到世界各地的论述非常精彩。但最后两章有点啰嗦,略读也罢~
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