13   The Future

As the saying goes, “If I could predict the future I’d be a rich woman.”

Even though we don’t know for certain how every aspect of our business will shake out over the next few years, we’ve asked around, questioned some folks and have formed a couple of opinions of our own that we’d like to share with you here.

A Little Background

In the last 5 years the world has seen the largest advances in technology probably since the space program in the 1960’s. Communication is faster and better (well, faster anyway), we can feel like Dick Tracy talking into our wristwatches, and access people and information with direct connections and Internet access from anywhere on the planet. Medical research has found a way to manufacturer some organs, ...

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