People are limited only by their ability to use technology to create new knowledge and translate that to business opportunities. The technology Kimel speaks of is the engine that is driving the change. It has given one-person companies the power and speed to handle jobs once the province of big organizations. Gone are the mechanical muscle and motorized speed that characterized the Industrial Age. They have been replaced by the computerized brains and electronic speed of the Information Age.
Intellectual capital is the currency of the new workplace.
Burgess takes an historical look and notes that in the Agrarian Age power belonged to the military and those skilled in violence. Then financiers rose to power because of their skill in manipulating money. In the 1930s, the role of government grew and attornies who were skilled in negotiation rose to positions of influence. The ability to gather information quickly. Analytical skills, being able to distinguish what's important from what's unimportant.