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Matt Jones, Creating The Network Effect For Everybody

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Synopsis

The network effect is the essence of the power of the internet. It adds exponential power and opportunities the more and more people get to use it. Ideas like internet-scale mean we can exponentially expand usage and interconnectedness without major investments. Digital opportunities mean we can seamlessly move from one environment to another and across any device type, almost no matter where we are. The economic opportunities created by these seamless experiences are all around us. Access to this seamless internet is seen as a human right no matter who you are (economically, disability-wise).  Now imagine a transportation system (planes, trains, cars) that could deliver such a seamless, interconnected experience for everyone. Our guest, Matt Jones the director of technology at Ford talks about how software factory thinking across all forms of transportation could deliver the same scale and experiences to those less able and less financially advantaged than now. The world of transportation and the a