The ICT Optimist

In parts I and II of this dialog a idealistic but hopefully logical vision emerged. The questions now is “If the world envisioned a better way to communicate decades ago in science fiction, why have we not created that experience?”

The list of reasons is long but boils down to two major challenges:

1)      Industry Structure and Fragmentation: Designed to Fail

2)      Lack of Technical Capability:  Absence of a Unified Experience

Given that the vision is pretty clear to even non technical people who watch TV shows about the future, clearly the evolution and current poor state of communications is not based on a lack of vision or obvious goal. Even the narrowest minded person in this industry can explain what “better communications” might look like.  That leaves only issues related to capability and execution as the reason for our lack of progress. In the next few posts it is worth exploring these obstacles so we consider how we might overcome them…