It is tempting, at the turn of the decade, to hand out such accolades - but as an impetus for the imagination, says Wagner, such events don't come with a sell-by date.

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The impetus for the coming revolution, of course, is the Internet, which big business hopes to turn into a borderless shopping mall.

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