The new benchmark - Digital Railways

Sun Yat Sen, the father of Modern China, once mentioned that in order to bring progress to China, railways have to be built connecting the major towns.

In those old days, we may benchmark the progress of a nation by the coverage of the railways and highways.

In the 21st century, the new benchmark is the digital railways -- the fiber optic network.

This is what mentioned by Thomas Friedman in his book "The World is Flat".

He relates his experience with life examples on the power of globalisation .

I bought the soft cover copy last weekend at Popular Bookshop (Jalan Petaling Branch) in KL. It was a good deal, RM38, as compare to RM80 for the hard cover. I spent two hours reading a few chapters at Starbuck Cafe (Summit) last Saturday.

This book will be fit for my bedtime reading for this week.

I enjoy reading his other book titled: "Lexus and the Olive Tree: On Globalisation".