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Article: Education: The fuel for tech's Golden Age.(Industry Trend or Event)
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- Electronic Business
- Article date:
- October 15, 2000
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We live in extraordinary times. Advances in technology are stunning, and these improvements are leading to an unprecedented explosion of wealth. When future generations look back at this time, I am certain that they will consider this one of the great golden ages of human history--perhaps described as the Golden Age of Technology. And the great news is that we are only in the very early stages of this Golden Age. There are scores of dramatic changes ahead. These changes, as in Golden Ages past, will affect all aspects of our lives: business, science, arts, literature, culture, communication, government and religion.
But there are critical forks in the road ...