A brave new world

Friedman is not my favorite columnist by a long shot. Many times I glance at his column and think, "He's recycled this garbage again?" He seems to repeat the same thing about our world being "hyperconnected" and "flat" every week, and just looks at a different implication of it: education, industry, entrepreneurship, etc.

But this week I liked the way he summarized things: we live in "A brave new 401(k) world, where we all take the bar exam, and are measured by the most-emailed list." His explanation follows (my emphasis added in bold):