Tapscott: Fixing a Broken World

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Don TapscottThe Mark – [Q & A] What will be the next big technological innovation to change society?

DON TAPSCOTT: Well, I think it’s underway, and it’s the mobile revolution. We’re in the early days of pervasive, companioned computing, where our intellect is being augmented and our ability to communicate with others transformed, and this is now reaching out into every nook and cranny of our economy, society, and daily life. It’s transforming, and enabling us to transform, all of our institutions – if we can find the will to do it.

What exactly is “networked intelligence”?

TAPSCOTT: This is not an “information age,” as some people have called it. The printing press, radio, television, broadcast technologies, and early days of computing all gave us access to information. The internet, on the other hand, gives us access to the intelligence contained in the crania of other people on a global basis…

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