It's not good, it's not bad. The steel in his own character comes through at such moments. He has a courageous passion alloyed with an engineer's analytic coldness, whether it be in battling his prostate cancer or in guiding Intel's death-defying climb to dominate the market for the world's most important product. Other great entrepreneurs, most notably the visionary wizard Bill Gates, have become richer and better known by creating the software that makes use of the microchip. Its impact on growth and productivity numbers is still a matter of dispute, but not its impact on the way we work and live.
Money now respects no borders.
It's based on information. In today's knowledge-based economy, intellectual capital drives the value of products. It decentralizes power. Instead, technology became a force for democracy and individual empowerment. The Internet allows anyone to be a publisher or pundit, E-mail subverts rigid hierarchies, and the tumult of digital innovation rewards wildcats who risk battle with monolithic phone companies.