Thank You for Being Late

An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations

De: Thomas L. Friedman

Narrado por: Oliver Wyman

A field guide to the 21st century, written by one of its most celebrated observers

In his most ambitious work to date, Thomas L. Friedman shows that we have entered an age of dizzying acceleration - and explains how to live in it.

Due to an exponential increase in computing power, climbers atop Mount Everest enjoy excellent cell phone service, and self-driving cars are taking to the roads. A parallel explosion of economic interdependency has created new riches as well as spiraling debt burdens. Meanwhile, Mother Nature is also seeing dramatic changes as carbon levels rise and species go extinct, with compounding results. How do these changes interact, and how can we cope with them?

To get a better purchase on the present, Friedman returns to his Minnesota childhood and sketches a world where politics worked and joining the middle class was an achievable goal. Today, by contrast, it is easier than ever to be a maker (try 3-D printing) or a breaker (the Islamic State excels at using Twitter) but harder than ever to be a leader or merely average. Friedman concludes that nations and individuals must learn to be fast (innovative and quick to adapt), fair (prepared to help the casualties of change), and slow (adept at shutting out the noise and accessing their deepest values). With vision, authority, and wit, Thank You for Being Late establishes a blueprint for how to think about our times.

©2016 Thomas L. Friedman (P)2016 Macmillan Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"[Narrator Oliver] Wyman keeps to a steady drive and an energetic projection that hold listeners' attention." ( AudioFile)

Best of his books so far

He shows a great snapshot of the world today. Uses great examples to show his readers where the world is heading.

Insightful

Very few will agree with The author on everything, although I came pretty close. His stories and examples are compelling and the book is balanced. There are some dry spots but they are peppered through the book and great parts are always around the corner.

Interesting Discussion of The New Age of Technology

The concept that technological innovation is advancing exponentially is intriguing. Maybe not so much nostalgia about Minnesota.

Fascinating and thought provoking.

I found the vast majority of this book to be absolutely fascinating. Thoughtful and thought-provoking.

Fact filled but region biased

Good start but became tedius and hard to finish. Too much focus on one town I Minnesota.