Ken Olsen, co-founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, said in 1977 that “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home". And Bill Gates, one of whose predictions I quoted earlier in my speech, promised at the 2004 Davos meeting, “Two years from now, spam will be solved."
The populations in most developing countries likewise are expected to have a rising median age but to remain significantly younger and doubtless will grow faster than the populations of the developed countries over the foreseeable future.