The World Is Flat/Friedman 469

469 …economic competition in the flat world will be more equal and more intense. We Americans we will have to work harder, run faster, and become smarter to make sure we get our share. But let us not underestimate our strengths or the innovations that could explode from the flat world when we really do connect al of the knowledge centers together. On such a flat earth, the most important attribute you can have is creative imagination—the ability to be the first on your block to figure ways to create products, communities, opportunities, and profits. That has always been America’s strength, because America was, and for now still is, the world’s greatest dream machine.