Rob Kiwanis
11/13/11
Professor Flurry-Lawson
Flatteners
There are 10 of Friedman’s flatteners that we all know of. The flattener that I found was the most significant to me was Netscape goes public on August 9, 1995. The reason that I believe this is the most significant flattener is because in today’s society everyone in the world uses the Internet. People may use the Internet to do research, look up news, do their job, look at porn, or just waste time. No matter what people just the Internet for it has changed our world so dramatically that we would never be able to live without it again.
Without Netscape going public we might not be at the point that we are at today. I think that everyone will agree to the fact that the world is a lot better with the Internet. Without Internet we would not even be able to do this homework assignment and put it on blogger. That would not be a good thing either because we all are trying to learn and leave Nichols with a great education.
Imagine how the world would still be operating if there was no Internet. People’s lives would be so much different than they are today. Peoples jobs would be a lot harder then they are now because the lack of networking and being able to get in touch with other people.
The way people and businesses market and promote through facebook and other sites would not be able to happen. Netscape has changed our entire world. Put us in a whole new environment.
People take the Internet for granted because now everyone has access to it and because it makes it so easy to look something up on a computer or even a Smartphone. We never were able to have videoconferences with people in other countries or areas. This is a great benefit for companies and people who have families who do not live close to one another. We can stay in touch with people that we would never stay in touch if the Internet were not ever invented.
The internet changed our lives for the best and I would never want to go back to the ways without it.
1 comment:
I really agree with Rob on how he explained his view on why he believes that the most significant flatter to him was when Netscape went public. He explains how the use of internet really applies to our generation. Rob also goes into detail on how the internet would effect all of us if it had not been created at all. It would effect the whole global economy from harder jobs, communication and school. His blog opens your eyes to see how Netscape going public was a positive in our economy. I think it was a good idea of Rob to explain how people take the internet for granted because it is true there are a lot of people that do take it for granted because everyone has access and it is easy to use it real quick on a computer or smart phone device. This is one thing that should not be taken grated of. It is a very valuable resource in our world and i believe we would struggle very much if it was not in any use.
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