Global Connectivity: Discussing how digital technologies have enabled seamless global connectivity, reshaping communication, commerce, and collaboration across borders.
Impact on Industries: Exploring how the decline of distance due to digital connectivity has transformed industries, including finance, retail, healthcare, and education.
Virtual Work and Remote Collaboration: Discussing the rise of remote work, virtual teams, and the implications for businesses and the workforce.
E-Commerce and Market Access: Analyzing the growth of e-commerce, digital marketplaces, and the accessibility of goods and services globally.
Cultural Exchange and Globalization: Exploring the impact of digital connectivity on cultural exchange, education, and the dissemination of information worldwide.
Technological Advancements: Discussing recent technological advancements, such as artificial intelligence, IoT, and blockchain, and their role in further reducing the impact of distance.
Challenges and Opportunities: Addressing challenges related to privacy, security, and inequality, alongside the opportunities presented by a more connected world.
Environmental Impact and Sustainability: Examining the environmental implications of reduced distance in terms of travel, transportation, and resource consumption.
Policy and Regulation: Discussing the need for updated policies and regulations in response to the changing landscape of distance and connectivity.
Predictions for the Future: Speculating on future trends, innovations, and their potential effects on further diminishing the impact of distance.
Language | English |
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ISBN-10 | 1-58799-089-X |
ISBN-13 | 9781587990892 |
No of pages | 317 |
Font Size | Medium |
Book Publisher | Texere |
Published Date | 01 May 2001 |
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Never before in human history has technology advanced as quickly as today. The biggest changes are taking place in communications and computers, which are being combined in new and astonishing ways. In this updated and revised addition, Frances Cairncross analyzes the impact of this revolution on business, government and society. The author sees a world where time zones will matter more than miles, where culture, language and interests bind communities more closely than geography, and where new ideas and information will travel faster than ever before to the remotest corners of the globe. The death of distance as a determinant of the cost of communicating may well be the single most important force shaping society in the first half of this century.