Word: dotcomism
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Dates: during 1999-1999
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...some dotcom gold prospector who made a lucky bet. He is a messiah for a new commercial order based on e-capitalism. "Our 300-year plan is the long-term structure we need to fit our goals," deadpans the Netrepreneur. "Long horizons change your priorities...
PAGING DR. DOTCOM A major reason patients may shy away from managing their health care online is fear that their privacy will be invaded. What if someone could find out your test results or what's in your medicine chest? To head off such fears, the American Medical Association, with Intel's help, will begin credentialing online doctors. A digital identity card will allow them to transmit medical data to patients securely. Next on our wish list: e-docs who make house calls...
...youngest of eight children in an Irish immigrant family, Naughton, who is married, had achieved the kind of success and air of invincibility that have become common among highflyers in the dotcom world. "I'm glad I'm at the top of the food chain," he wrote in a 1997 article for Forbes ASAP. But in his ramblings as hotseattle, he was playing an even more dangerous game than he realized. According to the FBI, he was pursuing another 13-year-old girl in the same chatroom. She turned out to be an FBI agent...