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Name: Langford Jordan

From: Minnesota

Bio: Internet user/ I read everything I can get my hands on

Area of Expertise: Entrepreneur/Business Leader

Topic: Controversial Issues

Headline: Most predictions re: Internet impact will be wrong

Nutshell: No clue - It's like trying to predict the impact of the steam engine 5 or 10 years after it was invented.

Vision:

Predictions regarding e-commerce and the internet in general made five years ago can now be shown to be wrong. The fact is we don’t know what the internet and the information age will look like in five years.

Date Submitted: January 11, 2005

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