Flat?

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I recently completed The World is Flat by Tom Friedman for my class. What most interested me was the support given to outsourcing. Living in the U.S. myself, I tend to hear negative feelings toward outsourcing because we're losing jobs. But, if the world is flat(ter), why should we feel badly towards outsourcing? If I apply for a job and another, more qualified applicant was chosen, should I feel badly about that (after getting over the initial sting of rejection, of course)? But, if we do still oppose outsourcing, does that mean we're not comfortable with globalization? And, if individual people are not assimilated into a globalized world, who is? Just the businesses making money? So, I wonder if this "Flat World" Friedman talks about is really just a branching of the idea that all money is green regardless of where it comes from?