Briefings
Week InReview: July 21, 2017
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- On: 07/21/2017 13:53:11
- In: 2017 Briefings
The Digital Planet
It is barely 20 years since Sergey Brin and Larry Page registered the domain name Google, and only 10 years since Steve Jobs walked onto a stage in San Francisco and introduced the iPhone. Yet in this short period, digital technologies have upended our world. The Digital Evolution Index traces the emergence of a "digital planet," how physical interactions - in communications, social and political exchange, commerce, media and entertainment - are being displaced by digitally mediated ones. There are many hotspots around the world where these changes are happening rapidly and other spots where momentum has slowed.
It is barely 20 years since Sergey Brin and Larry Page registered the domain name Google, and only 10 years since Steve Jobs walked onto a stage in San Francisco and introduced the iPhone. Yet in this short period, digital technologies have upended our world. The Digital Evolution Index traces the emergence of a "digital planet," how physical interactions - in communications, social and political exchange, commerce, media and entertainment - are being displaced by digitally mediated ones. There are many hotspots around the world where these changes are happening rapidly and other spots where momentum has slowed.
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