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Pages 168-170

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From page 168...
... DAVIS President The Pymatuning Group In spite of the scope of the papers presented here I still do not have the big picture of how information technology is going to affect us. In fact, I believe that I am fortunate in not understanding it; I may embody the discontinuity that is going to allow technology and people to get along together.
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From page 169...
... At three or four years of age they use their terminals and watch video, cutting out commercials and listening only to what they want. As those young consumers, who are now making the process of learning and buying continuous, grow older, they are going to be utilizing information technology to lead them to many decisions immediately, and they are going to grab hold of the marketplace and swing it around like a child swinging a lion by the tail.
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