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A review by itsfallonshay
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman
1.0
This book was so fucking boring!!! Like… Jesus Christ. I picked it up at random from the donation shelves outside Strand and I’m not making that mistake again for a long time. I was too stubborn to quit reading but it was a brutal undertaking.
Such false advertisement too… “a brief history of the twenty-first century” like NO queen! The author focuses on 6-10 of the most niche and trivial elements of the 21st century. Like dear god an entire 40 pages dedicated to the way Honeywell customer service call centers operate or about the procedural elements of the Walmart headquarters in Arkansas. Everything is focused on technological development and globalization, which are undoubtedly some of the most important progressions of the 21st century, but don’t constitute an entire generic history.
Part of my dislike of this book is also due to the fact that it was published in 2005 and essentially everything written is now outdated, but it is my own fault for failing to realize this before starting.
Not that anyone would buy this random ass book in 2023, but I don’t recommend.
Such false advertisement too… “a brief history of the twenty-first century” like NO queen! The author focuses on 6-10 of the most niche and trivial elements of the 21st century. Like dear god an entire 40 pages dedicated to the way Honeywell customer service call centers operate or about the procedural elements of the Walmart headquarters in Arkansas. Everything is focused on technological development and globalization, which are undoubtedly some of the most important progressions of the 21st century, but don’t constitute an entire generic history.
Part of my dislike of this book is also due to the fact that it was published in 2005 and essentially everything written is now outdated, but it is my own fault for failing to realize this before starting.
Not that anyone would buy this random ass book in 2023, but I don’t recommend.