Module 5

Ryan Williams

Module 5

            The triple convergence is the way the ten flatteners that Freidman talked about in the previous chapters come together to create an even flatter global playing field. The first convergence he talks about is how the ten flatteners came together in a way that people would see that things were different after 2000. The second convergence is the skills and business practices coming out of the ten flatteners and making the most of them to use their potential. The third convergence is the 3 billion people that come out onto the flattening playing field. This is important because companies can use all of the convergences to their advantages. Having people able to see things differently could potentially help companies find more creative people. Using the skills from the flatteners could also help companies find new people to work for them. Third, all these people coming out on to the playing field can get a company either workers or consumers.

            From what I got out of this story, it seems that Indiana exploited India. Out of these pages, Indiana wanted something done and they wanted to do it for the best price that they could get their hands on, so they set up a bid. When they set up this bid I think they knew that a company from India would be watching. They would have also known that companies from India would usually do things for cheaper while still keeping great service. This is why I think they set up the bid, trying to exploit a company from India to do their work for cheaper.

            Intellectual property is an invention that belongs to an individual and that individual can get the rewards of the invention but at the same time making this invention available to all. It is important for a few reasons. If someone were to invent something but not have it be intellectual property, any person or company anywhere could take that invention and claim as their own making all the profits off of it that they wanted. With the other person or company owning it, the original inventor would not be able to receive any of the credit or rewards of their own invention. Basically, this is important because it keeps people’s ideas and inventions safe.

            For the reading this week, it did not seem as interesting to me. Probably the most interesting part to me was the part of the company Boeing. What they did was smart, putting out an auction to get the best price for something was genius to me. This is what Indiana did too and I thought it would be considered exploiting, but I guess whoever thinks of it first should be able to receive the rewards.