CSC 302
Summer 2006
Prof. Clark S. Turner
Questions #2
Due Monday, July 3 at the start of lecture

readings

Answer the questions in your own writing.
Keep your answers short, crisp and clear.
Please, no verbatim responses, quotes or duplicate answers.
Recall that the reading reaction earns a separate grade that counts the same as the rest of the questions.

  1. Reading Reaction
    Discuss your overall reaction to the first 3 flatteners; see the syllabus for a detailed discussion on how to write reactions.

  2. Reading Reaction
    Discuss your overall reaction to the rich-poor gap article; see the syllabus for a detailed discussion on how to write reactions.

  3. PCs
    Explain the relationship between PC computers and the fall of the Berlin wall.

  4. .com boom/bust
    The .com bust cost California thousands of jobs and severely impacted our economy.
    But the .com boom had a major side effect that has changed the world (according to Friedman).
    Explain.

  5. Common thread
    What do the first 3 flatteners have in common?
    Or, together, what have the first 3 flatteners provided to the world?