A propósito de Mongo e do Estranhistão

Tal como pensamos aqui no blogue, em vez de um futuro com um mundo plano, um futuro com o mundo cada vez mais localizado, regionalizado, diversificado, com mais variedade.
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Aquilo a que se chama globalização foi o último ato, o estertor do século XX. E o pico da globalização já passou: "Go Mongo: "We will find a place (To settle) Where there's so much space"", o século XXI voltará a ser um século de artesãos e de variedade:

"The real problem with The World Is Flat is not so much that it overstates—even considerably—the flatness of today’s world. The crucial conceptual error in Friedman’s thesis is that he assumes his 10 flatteners would automatically and rapidly lead to a more interconnected and, therefore, flat world. But the opposite has often been the case. The empirical evidence suggests that the global economy is increasingly being driven by urban clusters and, if anything, becoming more instead of less “curved.” (Moi ici: A caminho de Mongo, ou seja, o Estranhistão)
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The danger of Friedman’s flat-world thesis is that it could cause executives to misinterpret the trends they observe in their own businesses and make potentially serious strategic errors. Instead of pursuing an aggressive localization strategy, for example, executives from multinational firms often decide to “wait it out” in emerging markets such as China and India. They hold the mistaken belief that demand-side and supply-side conditions will soon flatten and converge with those in developed markets. They may, for instance, believe that China’s retail environment will consolidate relatively quickly; as a result, they may fail to invest in localized distribution channels that are more appropriate for today’s market conditions. In reality, such consolidation is highly unlikely to occur within any reasonable planning horizon. And the impact of such wishful thinking is far from trivial. It could result in missed profit opportunities, and could also cause multinationals to fail to check the advance of competitors from these emerging markets until it is too late.
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The world is still far from flat today, and, in many industries, it’s likely to retain its curvature for quite some time to come. Executives should be wary of relying too much on Friedman’s superficially persuasive, but seriously flawed, evidence."

Trechos retirados de "The Flat World Debate Revisited"