The Truth Will Set You Free

Ivan Seidenberg’s admission to having seen the light comes late amid his position in the industry. Many times I wonder about the quality of the oxygen in the upper echelons. Isn’t this exactly what he is handsomely paid for to figure out.

The number of landlines has been in decline since 2001 and it’s estimated that the last landline will be disconnected in 2025. The first step for people is to go from landline to cable and cellphones. But the ultimate step is to just let the Internet manage all your calling via products like Google Voice and Skype.

I sense that everything we talked about in the end of the 90s regarding how the Internet would change the world is actually happening right now: decline of paper publishing, virtual work, watching video via the web, the death of command-and-control organizations, market transparency et cetera. If you haven’t already read The Cluetrain Manifesto, please do.