And all these groups must see that in this new age, information is wealth, that it has replaced labor and capital. And at that point, they will have turned the corner to becoming a smart community. Although my own thinking actually goes beyond that, because I'm seeing now the second wave of effects. If you really want to create a knowledge community, you have to begin to see how it affects health care, the shift from treating illness to promoting wellness. You have to see how it affects government.
Government needs to have a more common interface.
Right now its too big, it is too unwieldy and it is too costly. You have to see how it affects business, where businesses start collaborating and connecting more rather than creating these large pyramidal organizations. Then there is the question of land use and development, because the knowledge worker doesn't want to get in their car and drive everywhere. The knowledge worker who spends a good part of their life with ideas and in cyberspace wants real places to visit and to interact with other people in the flesh. In other words, everything changes.