Word: naisbitt
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...boardroom? In fact, that dramatic scene is from a videocassette of the best seller Megatrends, one of a growing number of popular books being used in taped form in management-training programs. The next face on the screen belongs not to Darth Vader but to Author John Naisbitt, who explains the lesson of the space segment: executives must use their instincts to harness technology...
John and Nana Naisbitt agree that high tech will only get higher, but they make the pessimistic point that simulation is also here to stay, with a kid playing his snowboarding video far more times than he actually whizzes down a mountain. This does not bother Chris Taylor, our San Francisco correspondent, in the least; answering the question Will I still be addicted to video games?, he happily predicts being plugged into a bioport, the star of his own virtual-reality show...
...Nana Naisbitt co-wrote High Tech High Touch with her father John Naisbitt, a social forecaster and the author of Megatrends