We're in the middle of the big bang of worldwide digital technology. Unless your technology is interconnected to everything else, it will have virtually no value in the digital economy. But she cautioned that any functional use of a technology will reach a threshold level where human capability is saturated. It's been hard for me to get comfortable with the fact that what you're selling now isn't what you'll be selling six months from now. The Internet is gaining but you still have to pay for your telephone minutes.
Money moves in and out more easily than it used to.
A new economy is bubbling up from traditional Europe. People are dropping out of college to start Internet companies or they move to U.S. for experience and come back. European employees don't necessarily want stock options, they want money and six-week vacations. In France the 35-hour work week is the law. The U.S. educational system won't be able to fulfill the demand for the highest level of technical skills.