Mr. Baker, this becoming age of mobility. You write did that so this book is about. What you mean about that pretty. John its an information revolution. Weve been watching it for the last half of century. It spread into computers and overwhelmed media and advertising in the spread into telephones and we are carrying on the internet wherever we went. And now in this next stage, the internet and the mobile machines we will be caring for they will be carrying us around so i think it is going to be an age in which all kinds of new choices going to surface for us and we are going to be able to, go a lot of places and will have a big effect our cities. And at same time, companies and city governments are going to be able to manage our movements and that will raise all kinds of questions about privacy. So is just the next stage of the internet revolution. It. Imagine a scenario, los angeles, 2028. What should be expect. One thing about information revolution is you cant bet on certain things.
Guest it is an information revolution and weve been watching it for the past halfcentury. Computers overwhelmed Media Advertising and it spread into telephones and we were carrying around the internet wherever we went and in the next stage the internet and mobile machines will be carrying us around so it is going to be an age in which all kinds of new choices are going to surface for us and we are going to be able to go a lot of places and it has a big effect on our cities and at the same Time Companies and city governments are going to be able to manage our movements and that will result kind of questions about privacy. It is just the next stage of the internet revolution. Host imagine a scenario, los angeles, 2028. What should we expect . One thing about information resolutions is we cant bet on dates. Weve seen it before with cell phones, Michael Arthur and i were in paris at the turn of the century in 2000 and we were predicting smart phones were going to change communication by 20
Be an age in which all kinds of new choices are going to be surfaced for us and we are going to be able to go a lot of places and its good to have a big effect on our cities and at the same time, companies and the city governments are going to be able to manage our movements and that will raise all kinds of questions about privacy comes with just the next stage of the internet revolution. Imagine a scenario, something you write about in you your boo, los angeles come 2028. What should we expect . Guest well, one thing about information revolution is you cant bet on dates. Weve seen it before with cell phones. My coauthor and i were in paris at the turnofthecentury around the year 2000, and we were predicting smartphones are going to change communication by 2003. It turned out that we were way early. It didnt come until 2007. That the changes are still important, so los angeles in 2028, what are we going to see . We are going to see a lot more choices, they will have spent billions of d
Host longtime Technology Journalist and author, Stephen Baker is the coauthor of this new book called hop, skip, go. Mr. Baker, you write that this book is about the coming age of mobility. What do mean by that . Well, there are its an information revolution we been watching it for the last halfcentury but it spread into computers and overwhelmed media and advertising and then it spread into telephones and we were carrying around the internet wherever we went. Now, in this next aid the internet and the mobile machines will be carrying us around. I think it will be an age in which all kinds of new choices will surface for us and we will be able to we will be able to go a lot of places and it will have a big effect on our cities and at the same Time Companies and city governments are going to be able to manage our movements and that will raise questions about privacy at its next stage of the internet revolution. Host imagine a scenario, something you write about in her book, los angeles
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