Lee Smith writes in Wired about Dubai, the "Tech Mecca". He quotes O.B.Sulaiman, CEO of Internet City, one of Dubai's industrial "free zones" as saying, "The goal is to have 5 million knowledge workers by 2010." Internet City is the biggest IT complex in the Middle East and with its location provides perfect opportunity to have employees work round the clock (and probably take some pressure off Indian workers who literally work all night).
But this is not what makes me write this post. What I have seen during last 10 years is that while we have gradually transitioned to where we are today, the rest of the world doesn't have to do it. I remember what a big deal it was to have a cell phone just a few years ago. Many people in Asia made their first phone call on a sleek cell phone. Or in other words, knowledge workers will now be everywhere, not just in Silicon Valley or Boston.
Recommended link: End of "knowledge economy"; birth of "wisdom economy"
But this is not what makes me write this post. What I have seen during last 10 years is that while we have gradually transitioned to where we are today, the rest of the world doesn't have to do it. I remember what a big deal it was to have a cell phone just a few years ago. Many people in Asia made their first phone call on a sleek cell phone. Or in other words, knowledge workers will now be everywhere, not just in Silicon Valley or Boston.
Recommended link: End of "knowledge economy"; birth of "wisdom economy"