David McCoy

Here’s a provocative piece I wrote back in 2003, for our Unconventional Thinking blog.

The Emergence of Real-Time Rule: Mind if We Plug in?

We Fellows do a lot of Unconventional Thinking.  At the time, this piece was considered pretty far-fetched, but I believed it 100% then and still do.  Today, it almost seems like a foregone conclusion that this is indeed where we’re heading.  I might change some of the details, but I wouldn’t change the tone or premise.

Take a look at this CNN story and consider how much closer we’re getting to the level and style of monitoring I envisioned.  Now, imagine another six years go by.  It’s 2015.  My fear is that 2015 will see you yawn and say, “Real-time rule?  Oh, everyone knows that. There’s nothing new there.  That’s just how things are done.”

Debate the details, quibble with the fine points, but don’t miss the obvious trend:  If it can be done, it will be done.

It can and it will.

Count on it.

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