Jack,
I agree with Gelernter that innovation will overtake Microsoft, at least
with respect to wordprocessing as a limited paradigm for generating
"information." Integrating time and information, discussed in POIMS,
lifts alphabet technology on the cognitive scale to provide knowledge,
something that wordprocessing, email, cell phones, dialog, et al, cannot
accomplish. The effort begins with defining knowledge and intelligence
in a way that technology can augment. This is not a familiar, nor fun,
topic because the human mind uses an innate intelligence process to
generate knowledge without conscious effort, so it is hidden, and
therefore seems mysterious, and for some out of bounds for discussion,
like talking about the soul and religion. But, when your peel it all
away, it is just another process that can be leveraged, like a car
leverages our muscles to carry more groceries from the store.
With respect to improving medical practice, this will be a growing
opportunity for Doug's DKR to solve over the next 20 - 30 years, as
explained in analysis on 990924.
http://www.welchco.com/03/00050/61/99/09/2401.HTM#0001
Rod
Jack Park wrote:
> While thinking about the OHS/DKR project, I happened to return to
> David Gelernter's web page http://lifestreams.comFrom there I went
> to:http://lifestreams.com/press/articles/wsj-1-01-00/wsj-1-01-00.html This
> page is Gelernter's view of the future of Microsoft. Seems to me a
> worth read for everyone. Jack
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