Thomas Friedman
Thomas Friedman
Thomas Loren Friedmanis an American journalist and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth20 July 1953
CountryUnited States of America
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That is, companies and individuals can now source so much more easily whatever knowledge, production, innovation, research, or advice they need.
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Many authors hate to go on grinding book tours. But I've always found it a useful way to be a foreign correspondent in America and take the pulse of the country.
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I basically did all the library research for this book on Google, and it not only saved me enormous amounts of time but actually gave me a much richer offering of research in a shorter time.
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America still has the right stuff to thrive. We still have the most creative, diverse, innovative culture and open society - in a world where the ability to imagine and generate new ideas with speed and to implement them through global collaboration is the most important competitive advantage.
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When the world is flat, all these global institutions are really exposed to any kind of global or Internet campaign that affects their image or brand.
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I love America. I think it's the best country in the world. But I also think we're not tending to our sauce.
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In China today, Bill Gates is Britney Spears. In America today, Britney Spears is Britney Spears-and that is our problem.
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America needs rebooting.
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Watching both the health care and climate/energy debates in Congress, it is hard not to draw the following conclusion: There is only one thing worse than one-party autocracy, and that is one-party democracy, which is what we have in America today. One-party autocracy certainly has its drawbacks. But when it is led by a reasonably enlightened group of people, as China is today, it can also have great advantages.
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Think about what they mean for the preservation of language, for preservation of text, for the ability of people to tell their stories. It's going to be phenomenal.
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We have to fight the terrorists as if there were no rules and preserve our open society as if there were no terrorists.
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It is hard to partner with someone when you become so radioactive no one wants to stand next to you.
Inspiring conduct has so much more of an impact than coercing it.
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When I think back on my favorite teachers, I don't remember anymore much of what they taught me, but I sure remember being excited about learning it. What has stayed with me are not the facts they imparted, but the excitement about learning they inspired.