How to prosper in the era of the Internet

Editor's Note: By all accounts Béla Hatvany gave one of the most stimulating Miles Conrad Lectures in the history of the talk. He gave it live and without a script. Fortunately the tape recorders were running. The talk that unfolded from the floor was more like poetry and fine prose than a technical paper. Perhaps that is what kept the audience spellbound. In editing this transcript we have done our best to retain the artistic merit of the original performance, though words alone cannot help but fail. This paper will have to suffice as the artifact that documents the moment. But, in short, you really had to be there.--RTK