Now I have another book to read! You might enjoy the one I am currently reading, Tom Friedman's THANK YOU FOR BEING LATE. To keep the letter alliteration going, Friedman discusses the recent increasing acceleration of the 3 M's - Moore's Law (technology), the Market (globalization), and Mother Nature (climate change). In my doctoral class, I have in the past had students compare Florida's "The World is Spiky" to Friedman's "The World is Flat". Your post looks like one to add to the reading list.