On 8/11/06, Tim Densmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wrote out a long rant about the state of telephony in NM but decided that it > would be in poor taste to post it. It is my firm opinion that NM is probably > in the bottom 10% of the USA in terms of wired-ness, possibly lower.
there's a great book called "Rise of the Creative Class" which arose out of some economics research. part of the research included indexing cities in the US in terms of talent, tolerance, and technology. I think some of their definitions were a bit off -- "talent" was measured by graduate degrees per capita, if I recall correctly, which it'd be more upfront to call "education" -- but the interesting thing is that Santa Fe was top ten for talent, top 25 for tolerance, and number 235 for technology. I do recall the technology index incorporated broadband connectivity to some extent. I think this either corroborates your perception, or illuminates why connectivity seems so bad. it may be in the bottom 10% -- it's definitely way below standard compared to other factors. in fact if Santa Fe's tech index score was on a level with its talent and tolerance indices, this book makes a very compelling argument that in that case, economic growth would be the logical thing to expect. -- Giles Bowkett http://www.gilesgoatboy.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
