Thomas Friedman pushes globalization, with the same passion as a drug dealer, touting that, "Let them do the blue collar work, and America will do what it does best: creative, innovative, white collar work."<p>That's only a temporary competitive advantage, though. (To say it's sustainable is racist, really.) And now, lo!, here are the signs it's ending. Surprise, surprise.<p><i>Innovation in the emerging world will encourage, rather than undermine, innovation in the rich world.</i><p>With this, they are trying to say, "But don't worry; this doesn't affect you." Ha! No, no, no. Developing countries are coming to eat your lunch, and I couldn't be happier about it. Bon apetit!
A lot of the time you are limited by the environment you are surrounded with. It makes sense to me that developing countries would start to compete on a creative edge, because they likely have a completely different perspective about the world than we (non-developing) countries do.