Instead of the primitive raw material economy, we will create a smart economy generating unique knowledge, new useful things and technologies. Instead of the archaic society, in which the leaders think and make decisions for everyone, we will become a country of intelligent, free and responsible people.

It is accepted fact that the world has been moving from an economy of goods to an economy of knowledge. And knowledge is the single most important resource to any advanced society.

The foremost challenge is that of the knowledge revolution. Economic power will depend on creativity and innovation. Creation of wealth will move from traditional resources to the one asset: knowledge.

Illiteracy, poverty and low development indices have roots in the low level of education. Today, more than ever, the main wealth source is knowledge. The global economy is being transformed from a material-based economy to a knowledge-based economy.

Brains are in; heavy lifting is out. That's the essential nature of the new knowledge-based economy. Therefore, the development of knowledge is close to job No. 1 for corporations.

That knowledge has become the resource, rather than a resource, is what makes our society "post-capitalist.

We are going through a major economic transformation that is supported by the people, a transformation that will free us from total dependence on oil and restore a culture of work and production.

I learned the hard way how to step out of the time economy and into the knowledge economy to become more productive.

One of the chief chores in the next economy is to restore the symmetry of knowledge.

The information revolution will lead us through a knowledge revolution to the wisdom revolution.

Investing in people is the single most important thing in the knowledge economy. Traditionally, wealth was defined by land and natural resources. Today the most important resources is between our ears.

Through knowledge, you can develop the economy. Without knowledge, you cannot improve a society.

This will not be achieved unless we transform from a subsistence agriculture economy to a knowledge-based society.

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