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When Things Are Digital, They're All 1's And Zero's, And So They Commingle In Ways We Didn't Anticipate And You Could Do Things That Were Not Like Publishing Or Television, Or Computers, But Were Some Intersection Of Those And That Got Known To Be Convergence, So Between The Switching, Or Trading Of Places And The Convergence, You Have Today's Media.

I've Spent My Whole Life Worrying About The Human-computer Interface, So I Don't Want To Suggest That What We Have Today Is Even Close To Acceptable.

Think Of It: The Lowest Common Denominator In Being Digital Is Not Your Operating System, Modem, Or Model Of Computer. It's A Tiny Piece Of Plastic, Designed Decades Ago By Bell Labs' Charles Krumreich, Edwin Hardesty, And Company, Who Thought They Were Making An Inconspicuous Plug For A Few Telephone Handsets. Not In Their Wildest Dreams Was Registered Jack 11 - A Modular Connector More Commonly Known As The Rj-11 - Meant To Be Plugged And Unplugged So Many Times, By So Many People, For So Many Reasons, All Over The World.

The Best Way To Guarantee A Steady Stream Of New Ideas Is To Make Sure That Each Person In Your Organization Is As Different As Possible From The Others. Under These Conditions, And Only These Conditions, Will People Maintain Varied Perspectives And Demonstrate Their Knowledge In Different Ways.

By The Year 2000, Most Americans Will Be Online One Way Or Another.