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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 23:20:02 -0400
From: ahudson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Peter Drucker & the Information explosion
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     Grand article in current issue of The Atlantic Monthly from Peter
     Drucker---let's see if my "late dinner at the Library bleary eyes" can
     read the title...

     Beyond the information revolution, by Peter F. Drucker
     The Atlantic Monthly October 1999 p. 47-57.


     "The author uses history to gauge the significance of e-commerce--
     "a totally unexpected development" -- and to throw light on the future
     of "the knowledge worker," his own coinage.


     One quote for you insistent spatial data types...

     "In the new mental geography created by the railroad, humanity
     mastered distance. In the mental geography of e-commerce, distance has
     been eliminated. The is only one economy and onely one market. The
     competition is not local any more --it knows no boundaries."

     Drucker is a major thinker, and even if you disagree with  him, is
     worth the reading. Enjoy!

     Alice Hudson, Map Division, NYPL
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