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To: Michael Hart who wrote (44112)	5/1/2003 9:20:44 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50167

• Thanks Michael.. World is but one country and mankind its citizens, that is how I get motivated by all this great change I am witnessing around me, we are living in a new cycle in which the whole world is becoming a massive melting pot. Much as we think we are falling apart this is a catalyst that brining in mankind together, when ever mankind has joined evolution of togetherness is imbibed with callous loss of gentlemanly conduct. Reformation and reformers like M. LUTHER 1483-1546: founder of Reformation; Germany Publication: 1520 Von der Freiheit eines Christenmenschen and U. ZWINGLI 1484-1531: founder of Reformation in Switzerland were directly responsible for change we see now in the western scoeites some nations did not go through that passage of time and orderly evolution of mind. 16th cen THOMISM (Thomas Aquinas) and dominicans Thomism that became leading movement in Catholic intellectual life no comaprable existed in Islam and Middle East. And here in this age we find a huge gap of understanding.. on one hand is internet and other is mediviel thoughts. Human predicament is that we face multi level assaults on our liberties and freedom every day amidst all this possible calamities our efforts are to explain genesis of any crisis and resolution of calamity. We are all humans and we make our share of mistakes but our efforts on this small corner helps us to make understanding amongst nations as we go forward on this treacherous path of seemingly difficult existence, every small human being needs ot bring people together and should make little efforts aimed at greater understanding and flow of ideas, it is not just about markets these are function of peace and therefore sometime our pains are geared towards more fundamental issues. On internet greater understanding is a possible but I think that ‘’for all its promise, the Internet is too noisy a place. It brings us information in real time and at no cost, but it will never displace those who provide real insight and leadership. The ability to spot the trends in the glut of information is a human art. The future will provide a premium for leaders who offer such wisdom, and an audience willing to pay them.’’ (Michio Kaku) she further highlights… << The road to the future will have speed bumps. Power will shift to the consumer, who will know everything about a product and its competitors. This perfect capitalism will increase competition. And the dot-com era has already taught us the hubris of believing that the Internet can rewrite the laws of capitalism. All revolutionary technologies—like the railroads in the mid-1800s and the automobile in the late 1920s—cause a bubble of excitement and speculation that can't be sustained in the short term. Still, the Internet, like the railroad and the automobile before it, will change the universe. This decade will see the wiring of the world, and the mantra of this new era will be seamless communication. CIOs will have a leadership role to play in building infrastructures that can withstand every interruption and that let the Internet follow wherever leaders and their customers go. As a physicist, I understand that the universe is full of accidents. Companies have good luck they don't deserve; smart leaders fall over silly mistakes. But I know, too, that those who ignore the big forces of nature and science do so at their own peril. The dot-coms were but a temporary glitch. Technology leaders who survive the current downturn can reap huge benefits. The next two or three years may not be so different from today, but the next five to 10 years will be absolutely revolutionary. That's the irony of the exponential in Moore's Law. As we move from the age of silicon to molecular and quantum computing, the torch will pass to companies and countries that put a premium on leaders with the wisdom and creativity to help us change. >> Michio Kaku is an international authority in theoretical physics and author of nine books, including best-sellers Visions (Bantam Books, 1998) and Hyperspace (Anchor Books, 1995). To learn more about Dr. Kaku's work, visit his web site.