“On his panel were Eric Schmidt, the chief executive of Google; Rainer Bruderle, the minister of economics and technology for Germany; William Green, the chairman and chief executive of Accenture; Didier Lombard, the chairman and chief executive of France Telecom; Michael Laphen, the chairman and chief executive of CSC, an IT services firm; and Joel Selanikio, a pediatrician who works in poor countries in sub-Saharan Africa, South America, and Asia, and the director of DataDyne, a mobile medical services venture. What surprised was that there was such broad, optimistic consensus amongst men who had little in common except their general age, race, and professional responsibilities. They agreed: very suddenly, smart, mobile devices were transforming societies around the planet, and for the better. Talking about the various pressing problems that faced the world, such as poverty, conflicts, and untreated diseases, Schmidt said, ‘But the thing is, most of these things were true 20 or even 60 years ago, but people all over the world now have a powerful computer on their belts.’”
Davos Day 3: Technology Is Magic. “Yes,” he thought, as he lay dying from AIDS/hunger/a rifle bullet in the gut, “This isn’t so bad — after all, I have a powerful computer on my belt.”
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