The Future of Less: What the Wireless, Paperless, and Cashless Revolutions Mean to You

by Allen H. Kupetz

You are on the verge of a transformation in your personal and business life, a transformation driven by the future of less. The wireless, paperless, and cashless revolutions will profoundly impact... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934572098
• ISBN13: 9781934572092
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Emerald Book Co
• Length: 187 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

This time, Less really is More

The pace of development in technology is fast, and potentially confusing. Allen Kupetz does a stellar job of explaining what the future holds. The "less" he refers to is not a statement that we will all be impoverished, but rather that there will be a huge reduction of the barriers that keep us from doing many things now. The crux of the book is that technology will allow us to do more by going "less." Paperless, cashless, and wireless will allow us to get rid of paper forms, spend without carrying cash or credit cards, and communicate seamlessly with everyone and everything, all the time, from anywhere. Many nations in Asia are far ahead of the United States in implementation and use of new mobile technologies. If you want to find out what we will be doing in 5 to 10 years with our phones, and you can't afford to take a trip to Korea and Japan right now, The Future of Less will tell you.

Great Book!

The book was interesting and easy to read. Anyone who uses or has ever used technology should buy this book.

Thought Provoking

I thought this book was really thought provoking. I was surprised to learn that other countries, like Korea, are actually more technologically evolved than the United States. The book was both intelligent and easy to read, and even had a few humorous notes. Well worth the price.

Book Review

Book Review: The Future of Less Reviewed by Rob Logan Published by Central Florida Lifestyle (centralflorida-lifestyle.com/index.php?page=singlearticle & catid=24 & artid=697) In his new book, technologist and Rollins College professor Allen Kupetz foresees the consequences of the United States entering a new wireless--and paperless--age. Communicating using the popular new wave of Internet-compatible smartphones may be cutting edge for us, but it's just the beginning of a wireless trend that will change our daily lives, according to business technology expert Allen H. Kupetz and his thought-provoking new book, "The Future of Less: What the Wireless, Paperless, and Cashless Revolution Means to You." If you think the iPhone is cool, pay attention to wireless technology in Asia. After living in South Korea for a number of years, Kupetz (who is currently executive-in-residence at Rollins' Crummer Graduate School of Business) observes that the United States is about five years behind. "South Koreans are early adopters of new technologies and quickly weed out those that provide little value," he says. "After this informal testing period, the surviving technology goes global, and we get to use it here in the United States." In South Korea and Japan, the average citizen uses smartphones to perform out-of-office work, stream TV, read news, make purchases, pay the check at a restaurant and transfer data at speeds faster than a DSL-wired Internet connection. Mobile devices are such a major part of life in these countries that Kupetz foresees significant changes in the consumer landscape once high-speed wireless becomes commonplace in the United States in the next few years. "[The mobile phone] will be the Swiss Army knife of our life," Kupetz says. "It will replace our wallet, MP3 player, camera, video camera, wrist watch and GPS receiver. We'll watch television on it when we can't find a larger screen." One effect of efficient wireless data transmission and storage is less demand for printed material, which Kupetz says may ultimately have beneficial environmental effects, as fewer trees are needed for paper. He also foresees a considerable change for the kind of paper we carry in our wallets. "Stored-value mobile wallets will eventually become popular in the United States once merchant acceptance grows, especially in the youth and other underserved segments with less access to traditional bank cards," he argues, based on similar trends already occurring in Japan, where millions already use e-wallet functionality that allows their mobile phone to replace an ATM card. All of this wireless bliss comes at a price, of course. The primary hurdle, as Kupetz points out, is our current cellular network, which is poorly suited for the needed bandwidth and already lags under the weight of millions of American teenagers texting their "BFFs" (best friends forever). Shall we continue building more cellular towers, the book questions--expanding our now frumpy 20

Book Review

Book Review: The Future of Less Reviewed by Rob Logan [..] In his new book, technologist and Rollins College professor Allen Kupetz foresees the consequences of the United States entering a new wireless--and paperless--age. Communicating using the popular new wave of Internet-compatible smartphones may be cutting edge for us, but it's just the beginning of a wireless trend that will change our daily lives, according to business technology expert Allen H. Kupetz and his thought-provoking new book, "The Future of Less: What the Wireless, Paperless, and Cashless Revolution Means to You." If you think the iPhone is cool, pay attention to wireless technology in Asia. After living in South Korea for a number of years, Kupetz (who is currently executive-in-residence at Rollins' Crummer Graduate School of Business) observes that the United States is about five years behind. "South Koreans are early adopters of new technologies and quickly weed out those that provide little value," he says. "After this informal testing period, the surviving technology goes global, and we get to use it here in the United States." In South Korea and Japan, the average citizen uses smartphones to perform out-of-office work, stream TV, read news, make purchases, pay the check at a restaurant and transfer data at speeds faster than a DSL-wired Internet connection. Mobile devices are such a major part of life in these countries that Kupetz foresees significant changes in the consumer landscape once high-speed wireless becomes commonplace in the United States in the next few years. "[The mobile phone] will be the Swiss Army knife of our life," Kupetz says. "It will replace our wallet, MP3 player, camera, video camera, wrist watch and GPS receiver. We'll watch television on it when we can't find a larger screen." One effect of efficient wireless data transmission and storage is less demand for printed material, which Kupetz says may ultimately have beneficial environmental effects, as fewer trees are needed for paper. He also foresees a considerable change for the kind of paper we carry in our wallets. "Stored-value mobile wallets will eventually become popular in the United States once merchant acceptance grows, especially in the youth and other underserved segments with less access to traditional bank cards," he argues, based on similar trends already occurring in Japan, where millions already use e-wallet functionality that allows their mobile phone to replace an ATM card. All of this wireless bliss comes at a price, of course. The primary hurdle, as Kupetz points out, is our current cellular network, which is poorly suited for the needed bandwidth and already lags under the weight of millions of American teenagers texting their "BFFs" (best friends forever). Shall we continue building more cellular towers, the book questions--expanding our now frumpy 20th century cell networks to handle the increasing bandwidth demands? Or shall we spend billions migrating to hot new