Knowledge and the Need for Speed
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In 1903, the Stanley Steamer set the world wide speed record for the mile at the Daytona Beach Road Course. I have a particular fondness for the Stanley Steamer because my house, and the house next door, were built in 1896 by the twin Stanley brothers who invented the Stanley Steamer car and the founded the eponymous company.
Today, what the interstate highway system was to physical productivity, fast internet is to knowledge work — it an essential infrastructure that creates value for everyone. Think of the Internet as the highway of the mind. Speed matters: Are you chugging along ...