In-forming: "The great leveler"
It is said that the flattening of the world could not have taken place through technology alone. As the technology converged, it created a Web-enabled playing field. Instead of sticking to a vertical structure in which one person commands and controls a group of people, businesses began to adopt a more horizontal or flattened method of collaborating and connecting. Some students were asked for information about in-forming through the search engine, Google. This ready ability to "in-form" has enabled many more people around the globe to develop new technologies, markets, and solutions that rival the ones in the West. This phenomenon also known as "the third convergence," is further flattening the world.
It is said that the flattening of the world could not have taken place through technology alone. As the technology converged, it created a Web-enabled playing field. Instead of sticking to a vertical structure in which one person commands and controls a group of people, businesses began to adopt a more horizontal or flattened method of collaborating and connecting. Some students were asked for information about in-forming through the search engine, Google. This ready ability to "in-form" has enabled many more people around the globe to develop new technologies, markets, and solutions that rival the ones in the West. This phenomenon also known as "the third convergence," is further flattening the world.