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Article: Next: the future just happened.
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- The Report
- Article date:
- January 20, 2003
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Next: The Future Just Happened
MICHAEL LEWIS
W.W. NORTON, NEW YORK
256 pages; softcover; $19.99
The big story behind the dot.com revolution, according to Michael Lewis, wasn't the size of Bill Gates' wallet or the millions of paper fortunes made on the stock market. Even after the burst of the Internet bubble, Mr. Lewis argues that doubters are completely missing the point. Of the new grumpy Wall Street Greek chorus to the effect that all the Internet does is speed up information, he writes, "It was as if some crusty old baron who had been blasted out of his castle had said, `All it does is speed up [canon] balls--that's all.'"
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