10 How the internet is "flattening" the world

With technology as it is today, people are able to travel the world without every really leaving their own homes. With streaming video and vivid digital photography it is easy to see anything you really want. Granted of course nothing beats the actual experience. It is amazing what technology today can do. In class we talked briefly about how some McDonalds orders are received and placed in India. I'm sure a lot of people complain that this is taking away American jobs and hurting the economy. However it seems to me if they had to go to so much trouble to develop technology to make this occur, then obviously no one here was jumping at those jobs in the first place. This is true with a lot of major corporations as well. When you need help fixing a computer or something like that, many times you end up speaking to representatives from all around the world, while sitting in your own home office. This technology could also be used in education. Classes and lessons could be held and attended by anyone at any time. This provides endless opertunities, if the technology is easily accessible. If not, then i guess it's back to square one. But it's no doubt that technology will thrive and grow and create endless possibilities for us all.