The World Is Flat：A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

Whenscholarswritethehistoryoftheworldtwentyyearsfromnow,andtheycometothechapter"Y2KtoMarch2004,"whatwilltheysaywasthemostcrucialdevelopment?TheattacksontheWorldTradeCenteron9/11andtheIraqwar?OrtheconvergenceoftechnologyandeventsthatallowedIndia,China,andsomanyothercountriestobecomepartoftheglobalsupplychainforservicesandmanufacturing,creatinganexplosionofwealthinthemiddleclassesoftheworld'stwobiggestnations,givingthemahugenewstakeinthesuccessofglobalization?Andwiththis"flattening"oftheglobe,whichrequiresustorunfasterinordertostayinplace,hastheworldgottentoosmallandtoofastforhumanbeingsandtheirpoliticalsystemstoadjustinastablemanner?