Thank you for your feedback, Josephine. I concur with your comments and actually would have enjoyed having a bit more time so he could have covered some of the points more deeply.

I am coming to the belief that no matter what we do there will be some technical issues - even the cable networks have issues.

Hope to "see" you in two weeks when we hear from Reva.
Jim

Fabulous!

Good speaker and interesting topic/presentation. The technical aspects (audio/video) were a bit challenging.

That's a perceptive takeaway, Joan. Thank you!

Bill made an exceptionally well stated explanation of how rapidly accelerating technologies are, and will continue to affect the world as time goes on. Using current well-known examples, it was clear that we must continue to keep abreast of not only the technologies, but the ethics and morality accompanying these advancements.

My questions about control were not well stated by me, as I was actually concerned about the accumulation of power in the hands of a few technocrats (uber wealthy individuals and corporations controlling the means of distribution of goods, services, education, food, medicine, and everything that people need and use.

I'd appreciate hearing some expertise on this side of this enormously critical subject-AI (Artificial Intelligence) as it integrates with HI (Human intelligence).

Very stimulating presentation and very timely.

I share your conerns. Issac Asionv warned of the evolution of technocracies in his Foundation Trilogy. Science Fiction writers do indeed get praised for predicting the inveitable,

I thought the media and setup were great. The ability to see you and the speaker at the start was very good and the speaker going to just his slide deck worked out well. His presentation was very timely for those in our age group and he was an excellent speaker. Thanks for doing this.

I very much enjoyed the program. This topic is certainly timely for our desert audience with a substantial number of seniors.
I hope we do not measure the advancement of our civilization and quality of life on our assimilation of self-driving cars. We have so many other benchmarks to achieve or at least to strive for with limited resources in an often percussive world. Seniors need to stay in the game and contribute as long as they are able. Besides, cruising is not the thing to do right now, if you get my drift.

Understood, Abraham. We are using Zoom in our next program.

I was able to listen in on the exceptional presentation but unfortunately could not access the WebEx interactive slide show. The technical difficulty many of us experienced illustrates the tendency purveyors of technology have to over- promise and under deliver. On the plus side, this creates career opportunities for sales, service and support technicians as well as their continuing education. (In one of my previous career incarnations as a consumer electronics retail manager I was the beneficiary of such synergies.)

Ultimately, those that deliver on their promise to the most customers will prevail in the marketplace. For the past two months I have found Zoom and Google Hangouts to be relatively glitch free during Berkshire Hathaway Office meetings and numerous Realtor Association committee meetings. For my personal health I have also found Teledoc to be easy to use once installed.

I’m look forward to seeing and speaking to you all again one of these days and though my cooking skills are improving, I do miss the delicious lunches and dinners!

Lance Frank
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Indian Wells
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What a wonderful talk by an exceptional speaker! Bill McManus was very charismatic and truthful in his delivery. He brought up many topics that will be a reality, but did so with so with possible solutions. It was exciting to listen to him.

Had trouble with WebEx and tuned in late by phone. What I heard was interesting.

Overall, we considered this presentation to be excellent - providing present and future insights regarding "the internet of things" within a context blended nicely for senior citizens. For most of us, with the fast pace used, we were carefully listening more than pondering a probing question or clarification.

The Webex connection was challenging and a one-paragraph tutorial in advance would have been welcome. The next WACD presentation via Zoom should prove easier for all.

Two suggestions for improvement here: First, the speaker should have covered necessary security precautions for both personal data and access via cyber-security tools and features. Second, especially since the speaker was representing Hartford Funds, he could have briefly covered how best to invest into the future, linked to technology change. For example, via a diversified, low-overhead Exchange Traded Fund such as the iShares Exponential Tech ETF (Symbol XT).