I remember in high school when my economics teacher recommended reading “The World is Flat.” A lot of the book discussed outsourcing jobs to China and how trade was a global commodity. That was 10 years ago. I don’t believe the world is flat anymore. I believe the world is interconnected.
I am currently flying from Denver to Maine to visit my family and attend a wedding in Boston. Although it’s really nice to see people in person, and be back on the east coast, I don’t feel it’s completely necessary. I am always connected to people on the east coast. I am always connected to my family. And I’m a Skype, email, text or Facebook chat away from all of my friends.
With this interconnected world comes specialization. We can specialize on what we do best, what geography makes us the most happy and still be connected to the people we love. The world we live in is amazing.
Don’t think of the world as flat, but think of it as a web. At each intersection we can either go left or right, we may choose to go hundreds of miles from the closest intersection, but at the end of the day we’re still within reach of our first direction choice. No longer do we have to worry about geography as an impediment, but an option to thrive.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. It’s an amazing time to be alive.