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It is a people problem
This is a classic mistake of throwing technology at a people problem - then wondering why the plan failed.

One could suggest that technology enabled the current mess we're in as it has the tendency to broaden and accelerate the impact of fundamentally crappy ideas. Indeed, technology enabled financial institutions to carry out what will prove to be the most expensive socio-economic experiement in the history of the world. But technology is not to blame.

I wish I could guarantee that broad behavioral changes far beyond the confines of IT would solve our current woes. I cannot. In fact, I exepct we'll see more than one such recession in our lifetimes because we will continue to do as we have always done - we will continue to refuse to learn from history, and we will repeat our mistakes.

Every generation believes itself smarter than the last. Yet, proportionally we are no more intelligent today than our gradnparents were in the 1930s (relative to the available technologies). We do, however, exhibit an even greater arrogance and ignorance.

People got us into this mess, and it'll require the cooperation of everyone to get us out, not just IT.
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yeah...right!  Linux Geek | 04/09/08
Yup  fr0thy2 | 04/09/08
Not to mention  sborsher | 04/09/08
H1-x & L1-x visa programs caused this mess!!!  thetruth_z | 04/11/08
ie: welcome to the knowledge economy  fr0thy2 | 04/09/08
HAHAHA IT Save?  weepule | 04/09/08
RE: How IT can save us from recession  robdls | 04/09/08
RE: How IT can save us from recession  ColdFusion_z | 04/09/08
Of all the narcisistic blatherings someone could spew  tikigawd | 04/09/08
RE: How IT can save us from recession  DotWhat | 04/09/08
good attitude  ColdFusion_z | 04/09/08
business vs. government  DotWhat | 04/09/08
RE: How IT can save us from recession  wmpierro@... | 04/09/08
Corporate greed killed America  stevenhalsey@... | 04/09/08
Paraphrasing here, but...  Your Mom 2.0 | 04/09/08
Bingo  ColdFusion_z | 04/09/08
Canada, watch your back  stevenhalsey@... | 04/11/08
Who's IT will save US?  ThePepper | 05/01/08
RE: How IT can save us from recession  fastlane65 | 04/09/08
Well, nobody's perfect...  HypnoToad | 04/09/08
Not IT but Web3.0 & Mobilisation  topsecret@... | 04/09/08
RE: How IT can save us from recession  kinge | 04/09/08
RE: How IT can save us from recession  toddah | 04/09/08
It is a people problem  josephmartins | 04/09/08
RE: How IT can save us from recession  seabird20 | 04/09/08
Nice idea, but....  Too-Tired Techie | 04/09/08
No thanks, I just want to write the software.  CobraA1 | 04/09/08
RE: How IT can save us from recession  famulla | 04/09/08
RE: How IT can save us from recession  DotWhat | 04/09/08
this was for CobraA1  DotWhat | 04/09/08
A lot of shortsighted replies here...  james.faction | 04/10/08
RE: How IT can save us from recession  kgrant5@... | 04/10/08
execs  DotWhat | 04/10/08
RE: How IT can save us from recession  umayanan | 04/10/08
Yes sure, use IT to prove cause for another war  umayanan | 04/10/08
RE: How IT can save us from a recession  bfilipiak@... | 04/10/08
RE: How IT can save us from recession  poerpp | 04/10/08
RE: How IT can save us from recession  newsbloggerone | 04/10/08
IT does not care about business needs.  Bruizer | 04/11/08
What a daft statement Bruizer !  FireAndRain | 04/17/08
RE: How IT can save us from recession  FireAndRain | 04/17/08

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