A Book Review

Name:- DHRUVIN MIRANI

Roll no:- 18BCL027

 ABOUT THE BOOK

Title:- Thank you For Being Late

Author:- Thomas Friedman

Publisher:- Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Publication Date:- 2016

 ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Friedman was born on July 20, 1953, in Minneapolis,

Minnesota, the son of Margaret Blanche (née Phillips) and
Harold Abe Friedman. Harold, who was vice president of a
ball bearing company, United Bearing, died of a heart attack in
1973, when Tom was nineteen years old. Margaret, who served
in the United States Navy during World War II and studied
Home Economics at the University of Wisconsin, was a
homemaker and a part-time bookkeeper.
Margaret was also a Senior Life Master Bridge player, and
died in 2008. Friedman has two older sisters, Shelly and
Jane.

Friedman studied at the University of Minnesota for two

years, but later transferred to Brandeis University and
graduated from summa cum laude in 1975 with a degree in
Mediterranean studies. Friedman also pursued Arabic studies
at The American University in Cairo, where he graduated in
1974 from its Arabic language unit (ALU). Friedman later
taught a class in economics at Brandeis in 2006, and was a
commencement speaker there in 2007.
 SUMMARY

“Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to

Thriving in the Age of Accelerations”, is a verifiable book
written by New York Times reporter and Pulitzer Prize champ
Thomas L. Friedman. The title of the book relates to the
writer's assertion to his companion who was late, which
thusly gave writer an opportunity to dive into what it really
intends to experience a daily reality such that is surging
toward what's to come. The book clarifies the condition of our
quickly evolving Climate, Economy and Technology and its
effects and assists us with easing back down and appreciate
life at a more judicious speed. It centers around the way that,
"Things are changing dangerously fast, so we should be set up
to react to whatever comes our direction".

REVIEW

The book experiences us with the achievement of the fast

progressions occuring on the planet and the need of
transformation to the equivalent.
It is very great how the creator has depicted the speed increase
in the field of innovation, the progressing environmental
change and the association with market globalization. He
asserts that to fathom these occasions, we should initially
comprehend the three significant powers at work: innovation,
globalization, and environmental change. Each of the three are
accelerating simultaneously, adjusting each part of our lives.

Most likely environmental change and asset shortage are two

instances of unfortunate results. However, then again, we have
the advantage of innovation and globalization, which permits
us to quickly share extraordinary, creative thoughts with
individuals everywhere on the world.
Best of all, the creator demands us to be OPTIMISTIC and
not to freeze if the circumstance deteriorates, but rather truth
be told to track down the decency that is continuing for the
advancement of the general public.

FINAL VERDICT

Basically, the book end up being a ton not the same as what I
suspected it would be from the title. Still it was an extremely
intriguing book to peruse and furthermore a one I might want
to prescribe everybody to peruse.

Our reality attempts to oppose the quick pace of progress

we're encountering somely, yet we can beat this by zeroing in
on all the decency that is going on.