Netfuture is without a doubt one of the most important newsletters that the high-tech world isn't reading. While Steven Talbott might sometimes come off as neo-Luddite he always provokes great thought with his newsletter. He also exposed me to other great authors like Neil Postman. Recently Steven's articles on genetically altered crops and intellectual property issues has been frighteningly provactive.
I would like to add that Huntsville is one of the most high tech cities in the nation. You can throw a rock and it will quite likely hit a rocket scientist, optics engineer or a genetics researcher. I remember reading some statistics that per capita it has the highest concentration of computers in the country. It's research park is the second largest in the world. Only Silicon Valley is larger. It is not at all surprising to see its non-technical industries on the cutting edge with the rest of the city.
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Netfuture is without a doubt one of the most important newsletters that the high-tech world isn't reading. While Steven Talbott might sometimes come off as neo-Luddite he always provokes great thought with his newsletter. He also exposed me to other great authors like Neil Postman. Recently Steven's articles on genetically altered crops and intellectual property issues has been frighteningly provactive.
I would like to add that Huntsville is one of the most high tech cities in the nation. You can throw a rock and it will quite likely hit a rocket scientist, optics engineer or a genetics researcher. I remember reading some statistics that per capita it has the highest concentration of computers in the country. It's research park is the second largest in the world. Only Silicon Valley is larger. It is not at all surprising to see its non-technical industries on the cutting edge with the rest of the city.