The most important thing you can learn in this era of heightened global competition is how to learn. Being really good at "learning how to learn" will be an enormous asset in an era of rapid change and innovation, when new jobs will be phased in and old ones phased out faster than ever.

Of course, this should be completely obvious by now, but apparently a lot of people still don't get it.

In today's flat world, Intel can be a totally successful company without ever hiring another American.