WOMEN SURGING AHEAD 

(Editor's note: In the beginning computers could only communicate in capital letters. This is one of 20 columns from Dr. Tomorrow's original series, included here to indicate change as well as describe it. Those columns also hold another story, that change is swift and offers both disaster and opportunity.)

MEN, IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH TODAY'S VERSION OF WOMEN'S LIB, LET ME RUIN YOUR DAY.

IN THE UNITED STATES, WOMEN NOW OWN ALMOST THREE MILLION BUSINESSES. THAT'S 25 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL. THEY GENERATE ALMOST $100 BILLION IN REVENUE. THAT'S NOT ME TALKING. THAT'S THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU.

WOMEN ARE NOW OPENING UP COMPANIES AT TWICE THE RATE OF MEN. THEY ARE, IN THE MAIN, GETTING INTO NEW "SUNRISE" FIELDS, NOT THE "SUNSET" INDUSTRIES MEN ARE FAMILIAR WITH. SUCCESS IS NATURALLY MORE LIKELY IN A GROWTH FIELD THAN IN ONE THAT IS FADING.

MEN HAVE DOMINATED BUSINESS FOR CENTURIES IN MOST, BUT NOT ALL, CULTURES OF THE WORLD. THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THIS BECAUSE OF THEIR EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE. FEMALES, ONLY RECENTLY AND ONLY IN SOME COUNTRIES, GOT EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN.

IN THE COMMUNICATIONS AGE WOMEN HAVE HUGE ADVANTAGES, THEY HAVE INTUITION. THEY HAVE SYNCHRONICITY.

AS THE MACHINE EXTENDED THE MUSCLE OF MAN, SO TODAY THE COMPUTER IS EXTENDING THE MIND AND IMAGINATION OF BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. BUT, WOMEN ARE DOING MORE WITH IT.

BRAWN IS OUT. BRAINS ARE IN.

IN THE NEW GAME, PHYSICAL STRENGTH IS ONLY NEEDED WHEN YOU MOVE YOUR COMPUTER. AND EVEN THE WEIGHT OF THESE MACHINES HAS DROPPED DRAMATICALLY.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND PLANNING BROUGHT MAN TO HIS PRESENT LEVEL OF INFLUENCE AND AFFLUENCE. IN THE PAST, THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION OF FACTS USUALLY BROUGHT OUT THE "SENSIBLE" ANSWER.

KNOWLEDGE IS CURRENTLY DOUBLING AT THE RATE OF 100 PERCENT EVERY 18 MONTHS. THE HALF-LIFE OF ANY TECHNICAL EDUCATION IS FIVE YEARS. LIFE-LONG LEARNING IS A MUST.

BUT WITH ALL THE NEW INFORMATION COMING AT US IN EXPONENTIAL QUANTITIES AND AT ACCELERATING SPEED, THE LUXURY OF LEISURELY TIME TO MAKE DECISIONS AS IN THE PAST IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. WOMEN HAVE A MUCH FASTER AND BETTER WAY: INTUITION.

DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE WILL BE BASED ON THE LATEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE, PERCEPTION OF REALITY, AND INTUITION.

MEN AREN'T EVEN IN THE SAME GAME WITH THAT ABILITY. THE ADVANTAGE MAY SEEM SLIGHT BUT IN EVOLUTIONARY TIMES THOSE WHO HAVE EVEN A ONE PERCENT ADVANTAGE WILL BE THE DOMINANT SURVIVORS.

LOOK FOR WOMEN TO BE IN MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF JOBS, INCREASINGLY IN POSITIONS OF POWER AND INFLUENCE AND DEFINITELY INTO SELF-EMPLOYMENT INSTEAD OF UNEMPLOYMENT.

AND IF THAT'S UPSETTING, RE-READ ABOUT "ARTIFICIAL TWINNING" -- LISTED UNDER "AMAZON CLONE".

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