The Way I Think Of It, Economics

Scientists Have Established Huge Numbers Of Links Between Particular Diseases And Snippets Of Dna, But In The Great Majority Of Cases, This Has Not Yet Been Translated Into Treatments That Can Help Cure Patients. These Treatments Will Come - Tomorrow, Or The Day After.

Japanese Maps Tend To Come In Two Varieties: Small, Schematic, And Bewildering; And Large, Fantastically Detailed, And Bewildering.

Major Power And Telephone Grids Have Long Been Controlled By Computer Networks, But Now Similar Systems Are Embedded In Such Mundane Objects As Electric Meters, Alarm Clocks, Home Refrigerators And Thermostats, Video Cameras, Bathroom Scales, And Christmas-tree Lights - All Of Which Are, Or Soon Will Be, Accessible Remotely.

Smartphones Can Relay Patients' Data To Hospital Computers In A Continuous Stream. Doctors Can Alter Treatment Regimens Remotely, Instead Of Making Patients Come In For A Visit.

The Japanese Are Great At Inventing Complex Systems Of Rules, And Not So Great At Explaining Those Rules To Foreign Visitors.