FYI: Americans in the Tech Slow Lane
From: Mark Gaither (mark@markgaither.com)
Tue, 24 Oct 2000 14:26:13 -0500
Americans in the Tech Slow Lane
It's a dirty little secret, but here goes: We're powerless. And pitiful. We think we're such edgy technological hotshots, but the truth is that we always seem to let things get screwed up. Especially when it comes to moving ourselves and our information around.
Examples? We can't build planes that fly faster than they did 30 years ago, and when we try, we make them so flimsy a blown tire can knock them out of the sky. We've let deregulation spawn a nasty hub-and-spoke system that creates regional price-gouging monopolies, forces time-wasting connections, and guarantees that delays anywhere will eventually ripple through to bite you.
Full story: http://live.altavista.com/e?fromspage=microportal/altavistatracker/tracker.htm&categoryid=&only=y?kkinternal&efi˜0&ei"84179&ern=y
