Totally agree with Steve Case on this; Jeremy Rifkin argues very much the same in his amazing book "the third industrial revolution" . This is one of the reasons I am spending a lot more time on these issues and opportunities these days - check out http://www.greenfuturist.com From AOL to Revolution: Steve Case's second act | GreenBiz.com
http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2012/03/20/aol-revolution-steve-cases-second-act
“We’re now ushering the second Internet revolution,” he went on. “Now that everyone’s connected through multiple devices, connecting more habitually and more mobile-ly, you’re now able to have a transformative impact not just on media and communications and financial services, but on other core foundational industries in our country — energy being a key one, health care being a key one, education being a key one.”“They actually have not changed that much,” he said. “But I have no doubt over the next 25 years those industries will be fundamentally reshaped, transformed, disrupted by this second Internet revolution, and that provides a real opportunity for entrepreneurs who are challenging the status quo, playing an attacker role.”
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