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Originally Posted by junius
...Over the next few decades we need to replace our commodity economy with a digital economy in order to become truly "world class." This is the challenge the post Olympic world offers and we have only just begun to understand and accept this challenge and opportunity.
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Quite frankly I've never understood this obsession with the term "world class". There are a handful of world class cities around the world: eg. London, New York, Tokyo etc. Its highly unlikely Vancouver will ever play in that league, Olympics or no. And that's OK, there are scores of very pleasant non-world class cities around the globe. Salt Lake, Lillehammer etc were not transformed into world class destinations after their Winter Olympics, but does that matter?
BTW, what's wrong with "world class" commodities industries?