Health care is finally maturing as an industry, and part of that maturation process is consolidation.

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Chrome will be a great opportunity for Google to mature as an innovator, and a great opportunity for outside observers to see how the company manages the maturation process.

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During that time the players benefit from an age-driven maturation process, they grow as players too, and then for starring on a national level while being watched by passionate fans, they provide their future employers and their future league with priceless PR that pays major long-term dividends.

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In the past, Apple has been able to handle this process of maturation by creating category-killing products in big existing markets.

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In other words the very process of maturation is a journey leading us beyond the innate selfishness we are all born with.

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