As someone who works in the field, I'd offer two points. Our intuition about the future is linear. But the reality of information technology is exponential, an

As someone who works in the field, I'd offer two points. Our intuition about the future is linear. But the reality of information technology is exponential, and that makes a profound difference. If I take 30 steps linearly, I get to 30. If I take 30 steps exponentially, I get to a billion. - Ray Kurzweil People once said the same thing about fire lances.