It's bad enough to be bludgeoned over the head with the phrase, "in a world that is hot, flat, and crowded" every few pages, but when you're 198 pages in, and you have to keep reiterating what those phrases mean (verbatim: "In a world that is hot--a world that is more and more affected by global warming..." ), perhaps they aren't as clever as you. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Sept. 9, 2008; Where Birds Don't Fly. Skip to content. Hello, I’m Severn Suzuki speaking for E.C.O. In fact, I'm not even sure that it should be a book - a bulleted list might be more appropriate: I'm not sure why I read books like this as they are scarier than any horror novel, and if I'd ever wanted children, I sure could NOT read them, as the future for the world's children is, indeed, a bleak one. ... — Thomas L. Friedman, Hot, Flat, and Crowded, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York (2008), at p.55. Hot, Flat, and Crowded. The task he sets for himself here could be daunting to others: integrate the global economic revolution with the climate change evolution and this world's burgeoning population in order to view realistically the options for our species. Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? Not a quick read to take to the beach on a summer afternoon, but the topic and ideas presented are too important to ignore. He appeals to our sense of pride by stoking our collective ego for being the model of innovation -- rather than admonishing us for our real and imagined ill ways – by vigorously arguing that we can remain number one if we would only put aside short-sighted politics. “Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. Judging by the many interviews and discussions referenced in the book, he has done a great deal to gather proof that supports his opinion. Ever since 'From Beirut to Jerusalem' (the best book, bar none, on the Middle East), I have read Tom Friedman's books ('Longitudes and Attitudes', 'Lexus and Olive Tree', 'The World is Flat') and I felt the same: he basically rewrites his NYT column, in a somewhat diluted and less focussed way, adds a few examples and boom: new book. It is getting hot, flat, and crowded. He shows how the "green revolution" is important to much more than our environment. Hot- Global Warming Flat- The rise of high consuming middle classes all over the world Crowded- population explosion all over the globe. The first book I read by him was, This book states what is wrong with the energy world and ways to fix it. Share. German engineering, Swiss innovation, American nothing. anybody who cares about foreign policy or economic/industriatl competitiveness. August 20, 2014 August 20, 2014 Alyson R. 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