Why is networking interesting ?
Today’s economy
- manufacturing, distributing, and retailing atoms
- but also
- publishing
- banking
- film making….
- main ‘product’ is creation and dissemination of information
- part of the ‘information economy’
Future economy likely to be dominated by information
- e.g. smart shoes and wireless tags on groceries
Computers “manipulate” information
Networking creates “access” to information