Book Review- Thank you for Being Late by Thomas Friedman
To finish this 550-page book “Thank You for Being Late: an Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations” , I had to become a fan of Thomas Friedman. This is not merely for the sake of finishing the book but also because, as I have completed the book, I can visualise the beauty and the ugly of the world's progress going hand in hand. The book revolves around the theme that technology (Moore’s law ), Market (globalisation) and nature (climate change and biodiversity loss)- the confluence of these three accelerating forces driving human life which are caught in the nebula of supernova (a term given by the writer for the ever-expanding e-world) are transforming the workplace, politics, geopolitics, ethics, and community. However, amidst these dizzying accelerations, he requests us to allow ourselves to slow down and be late for pausing to appreciate this extraordinary historical epoch we’re passing through and reflect on its possibilities and dangers. The...