A brief history of the twenty First Century by Group #5 Ashley Lamich Joe Keavy Adie Kenny

1. A brief history of the twentyFirst Centuryby Group #5Ashley LamichJoe KeavyAdie Kenny

2. Chapter 3The Triple Convergence I Convergence of the Ten Flatteners II Horizontalization III New players on the field

3. Examples of the triple Convergence • 1.0 –Actual Ticket agent • 2.0 e-ticket machine • 3.0 you become your own ticket agent • Bizhub • Multipurpose office machine • Fax • Scan • Copy • Print-mail • Internet –fax • Dispense coffee?

4. Convergence One • All ten fatteners have been around since the 1990’s • Flatteners need to come together • Tipping point was around year 2000

5. Convergence One Cont. • After convergence, goods improve themselves • Economic Theory of complimentary goods • Pen and paper • Creation of a global, web-enabled playing field that allows multiple forms of collaboration, the sharing of knowledge and work, without regard to distance or geography, and soon even language.

6. Convergence One Cont. “It is a global , Web-enabled platform for multiple forms of collaboration……for the purpose of innovation, production, education, research, entertainment, and, alas war making” –Thomas L. Freidman “Three thousands year from now, when keen minds review the past, I believe that our ancient time, here at the cusp of the third millennium, will be seen as the start of a major new historical epoch” –Kevin Kelly

7. At what time or example did you notice the convergence?

8. Convergence II • Horizontalization • Introducing new technologies, is not enough to boost productivity. • Introduction to Computers in Offices • The Light Bulb • Flattening of the World • Globalization 2.0 vs. Globalization 3.0 • 2.0: command and control oriented the companies • 3.0: built around convergence of the ten flatteners. Playing field is not from top down but more from side to side. • Southwest Airlines, HP, and WPP

9. ? Do you think American students will have a harder time building a career because of the zippies?

10. The Berlin Wall Effects: 2.5 billion more people in the global economy Added countries such as India, China, and Russia Education in India Intensive seven days a week classes Send more students to college in the U.S. than any other country Convergence III

11. Convergence III • The Zippies • 54% of India is under the age of 25 • Visas to come to the U.S. are hard to get • “Oozes attitude, ambition, and aspiration. Cool, confident, and creative. Seeks challenges, loves risks, and shuns fear”

12. Do you think that schools in the U.S. could maybe be more beneficial if they ran more like schools in India?

13. How Do You Say “Zippie” in Chinese? • Competition for visas • Asia • “What is happening in China today has been going on for the last several decades in the rest of Asia – the tech booms, the tremendous energy of the people.” • Yale University • 1985: 71 Chinese students • 2003: 297 Chinese students • (Yale’s total international student contingent went from 836 in 1985 to 1,775 in 2003.) • Tsinghua University • Goal: to be among the world’s premier universities

14. From Russia with Love • Boeing • Designing Passenger Planes • Boeing America • “This collaboration has let Boeing blend these lower-cost Russian engineers with higher-cost, more advanced American design teams enabling Boeing to compete head-to-head with its archrival Airbus Industries.” • Global Outsourcing • Purpose: to design and build planes faster and cheaper, to stay in competition.

15. The Other Triple Convergence • Lady from Boston who doesn’t like San Fran. because it to far from the ocean • Perspective and predispositions shape what you see • Three events that blocked many Americans realization of the Triple Convergence and the innovation that was taking place

16. The Other Triple Convergence • The dot com bust in early 2000 • Many thought marked end of globalization • 9/11 • Lost in the fog of war chat on cable TV • Enron corporate governance scandal • American politicians feared association with big global business