Net benefit: how the internet is transforming our world
John NaughtonOpen University
Think back just 13 years. The year is 1993. John Major is Prime Minister. The Tories are in government. Tony Blair still looks like Bambi. Bill Clinton has just become President of the United States. Nobody has heard of Monica Lewinsky. Germany is a prosperous country. Mercedes are the most reliable cars around. Only grown-ups have mobile phones. Nobody outside of academic and research labs has an email address. And a URL – now that is something really exotic! Amazon is a river in South America. A...