
262 ◾ Implementing SAP
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Computers were always positioned as both the message and media of the new era, but
it is clear that right from the beginning, the Internet was a medium. Considering that
the Internet is not governed or dictated by any specic authority and is one of the most
democratic of institutions, one can be absolutely sure that the Internet is destined to herald
the next major cultural revolution in human history.
Additionally, underlying all human endeavors lies the quest for immortality, the desire to
transcend space and time forever. It may seem that this is only the concern of spiritualists
and philosophers or mathematicia ...