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.
2016年共享单车的概念忽然火遍全国,一时之间人们戏称共享单车目前遇到的最大难题是颜色不够用了。然而当时间走到2017年,曾经不断涌现的共享单车公司却相继关停退出市场。这一进一退时间不过隔了短短了一年,如此迅速的变化让人错愕,然而事件本身却不足为奇。这是一个不断加...
评分你或许不知道托马斯.弗里德曼是谁,但你肯定听说过(或者看过)《世界是平的》这部书,对,他就是这本书的作者,纽约时报专栏作家,《谢谢你迟到》是他写的第七部畅销书。 此书的脉络大体这样归纳。一个是提出问题:什么是当今世界最强大的几股力量,能够在更多时候更多地点以...
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...
泛,浅,啰嗦
评分讀不下去
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~
评分泛,浅,啰嗦
评分Patience wasn’t just the absence of speed. It was space for reflection and thought.
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