A History of Power : SI
1998 - 2035 The Dryer Years
A novella Graystone
The tremendous economic clout of the focused world economy and collective wealth had made major changes and upheavals in the power structure, routine, in the late 2010's.
The true benefits had gone to a new group of companies that had realized the power of the early data nets hastily thrown together in the dying years of the last century. When those first crude "computer nets" appeared, followed by an international internet, few had realized where it was going to lead, the few who did became pioneers in a new transformation of the power base. It became evident as time passed, that this "internet" was the the new forum of public opinion. As companies flocked to this new medium, it was obvious that only a few hot spots were actually instrumental in "creating" the opinions, while those opinions then permeated every corner of the globe.
The situation envisioned by Confucious 2000 years earlier became an actuality, "The wise man sits outside his house, the world comes to his door."
What else was soon seen, was that owning one of these hot spots is more than luck, it took great dedication, intelligence and understanding of the new reality. As a side benefit it also creates great prestige, and wealth.
It is still tremendously easy to lose "it" in the new age, changing something that works is always fraught with peril. No organization has exemplified this truth better than a subsidiary of Go2 which still operates independently today, 35 years after it's takeover, SI.
<<Note : Silicon Investor officially became SI on October 25, 2004 after a protracted legal battle to secure international rights to this name.>>
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