It is also a reasonable corollary of this hypothesis that golden ages of freedom and prosperity occur when events and technological innovations right the balance of power between the state and individuals.
To maintain its technological edge and high profit margins, however, it must balance low-cost manufacturing abroad with the high-tech precision it achieves in Japan.
For Silicon Valley to remain the technological growth engine that continues to awe the rest of the world, we must balance the need to regulate and report with the even more dire need to grow and create jobs.
All of this technological progress creates a more flexible work environment and contributes to a healthy work-life balance, but it poses a serious challenge to IT professionals, who face a new set of threats to data and network security.