http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/61 Laura Crossett on the LIS domain Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:53:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/61/comment-page-1#comment-6567 lis.dom » planes, trains, and automobiles Wed, 03 Jan 2007 03:00:02 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/?p=61#comment-6567 [...] Anyway, I mention all of this mostly by way of saying how thankful I am to have had such an easy (if long) trip, and how sorry I am for all the folks who got stuck at Denver International Airport.  I hope you are all home and sleeping on comfortable beds by now, and that the holidays are starting to be a good story and ceasing to be such a vividly miserable experience.  I mention it also, though, because I think it’s worth remembering, from time to time, that, as I’ve noted before, the world is not flat.  We don’t all travel at broadband speeds, and things like the weather often have a greater impact than we imagine.  I find that strangely comforting. [...] [...] Anyway, I mention all of this mostly by way of saying how thankful I am to have had such an easy (if long) trip, and how sorry I am for all the folks who got stuck at Denver International Airport.  I hope you are all home and sleeping on comfortable beds by now, and that the holidays are starting to be a good story and ceasing to be such a vividly miserable experience.  I mention it also, though, because I think it’s worth remembering, from time to time, that, as I’ve noted before, the world is not flat.  We don’t all travel at broadband speeds, and things like the weather often have a greater impact than we imagine.  I find that strangely comforting. [...]

]]> http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/61/comment-page-1#comment-26 Alane Thu, 25 Aug 2005 01:37:00 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/?p=61#comment-26 I am behind on blog reading, but thanks for a thoughtful and useful contribution to this conversation. The more discussion, the better....the nuances are many and fine. I am behind on blog reading, but thanks for a thoughtful and useful contribution to this conversation. The more discussion, the better….the nuances are many and fine.

]]> http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/61/comment-page-1#comment-25 John Mon, 22 Aug 2005 14:02:00 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/?p=61#comment-25 Well said. While for some people, there is an amazing interconnectedness via electronic media, those who most benefit from it already have access to the sorts of resources that many others do not. Even as a simple metaphor, "the world is flat" makes no sense, except in the ironic way that you point out: Friedman flattens out the economic realities of many of the world's people in order to project his own reality onto the world. Well said. While for some people, there is an amazing interconnectedness via electronic media, those who most benefit from it already have access to the sorts of resources that many others do not. Even as a simple metaphor, “the world is flat” makes no sense, except in the ironic way that you point out: Friedman flattens out the economic realities of many of the world’s people in order to project his own reality onto the world.

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