Joshua Walker

Prof. Jensen

IST 1100

14 February 2015

The Triple Convergence explains why the world is flat, how we used it to our advantage,and how this together changed the playing field. There are three theories that try to explain how and why the world is flat. The first Convergence states that the combination of the ten world flatteners created a new global platform. It was said that the flattening of the world allowed new and different ways to communicate like with other countries. The second Convergence states this new platform would not be useful if we did not change the way we did business. I think what this is saying is that since they felt the world was flat there we should be able to accommodate for the world being flat and take advantage of the perception of the world and its shape.The third Convergence was that before the flattening of the world the economy consisted of of about 2.5 billion people. All of this was important as people felt that the world being flat would actually be more beneficial to everyone. It would be much better than now we know the world to be round and not flat so now this kind of thoughts and theories don’t apply to us anymore.

The story behind India and Indiana was that the Indian tribes that were currently residing in Indiana due to a treaty. I would classify the Indians who were currently there in Indiana as the the exploited party. They were the ones who were there to begin with and had to end up leaving a place that they had already currently inhabited. I would also say that the exploiter would be the state of Indiana.

Intellectual property is a legal term that refers to the creations of the mind. There are many of examples of intellectual property such as music, literature, and other artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs. I believe that intellectual property is important because without the protection ideas that people themselves came up with, those individuals would not be able to reap the benefits of their inventions and would focus less on research and development. With whatever that individual did they would not be able to take the credit for the great thing or things that they were able to do.