●21世紀迄今,獨霸全球的趨勢類 Top 1暢銷書
●新增80頁內容.競爭力加強版
●原版有十三章,新版增為十五章。原版第六章「如果你希望自己和孩子有競爭力」經過大幅改寫擴張,變成「世界是平的時代需要的競爭力」與「世界是平的時代需要的教育理念」兩章。新增了有關職能提升、教育改革、親職教養的許多忠告。
●為因應「世界是平的」而重新設計大學學程的實例 (在新版第七章),在美國引起極大迴響。
●新版第十三章討論「世界是平的」文化面向,為原版所無。
●每章內容皆有新增。第四輛推土機「開放資源碼」整個改寫為「上傳」,有關部落格blog和播客podcasting的內容皆為原版所無。
《世界是平的》自2005年推出以來,影響力一直在擴大。從耶魯、史丹福大學,到北京、上海的重點中學,校長都在叮嚀學生快快去讀《世界是平的》。
美國YMCA自2007年起,亦針對初中學生在暑假舉辦為期一週的「世界是平的」夏令營(Camp Flat World),教導青少年如何以本書為起點,思考自己的未來。
許多中產階級讀了《世界是平的》,當下的感受都是非常恐慌。作者推出增訂版,有大半就是為了回應這種恐慌。許多方法和實例,有針對個人的,亦有針對父母或學校的,皆為原版所無。
只要有策略,有雄心,中國和印度絕對搶不走我們的飯碗。
★ 本書中譯本《世界是平的(增訂版)》由雅言文化出版。
A New Edition of the Phenomenal #1 Bestseller
"One mark of a great book is that it makes you see things in a new way, and Mr. Friedman certainly succeeds in that goal," the Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz wrote in The New York Times reviewing The World Is Flat in 2005. In this new edition, Thomas L. Friedman includes fresh stories and insights to help us understand the flattening of the world. Weaving new information into his overall thesis, and answering the questions he has been most frequently asked by parents across the country, this third edition also includes two new chapters--on how to be a political activist and social entrepreneur in a flat world; and on the more troubling question of how to manage our reputations and privacy in a world where we are all becoming publishers and public figures. The World Is Flat 3.0 is an essential update on globalization, its opportunities for individual empowerment, its achievements at lifting millions out of poverty, and its drawbacks--environmental, social, and political, powerfully illuminated by the Pulitzer Prize--winning author of The Lexus and the Olive Tree.