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>>I sure heard the term, in the sense that we are moving towards an information economy, where information has a very high value.
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>>All this is quite true - but the question remains, to what extent does this benefit us (mankind). It can benefit us, if combined with some other (spiritual) aspects. Otherwise...
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>So you really believe that it is "quite true". Good! - that is what I am interested in here.
>I'd like to know what YOU have seen OR heard about in terms of REAL TANGIBLE ecomonic factors. You know, businesses creating good long-term jobs that can truly be classified as members of the "information economy".
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>cheers
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I doubt new jobs will be created - I consider it more like a change in emphasis.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)