Reading the global information technology report 2013 , I learned, for example, this: Learning # 1 Finland leads world in embracing information technology. The 3 other Nordic economies, Sweden, Norway and Denmark, are – together with Singapore, Netherlands, Switzerland, UK, USA, and Taiwan – also placed in the top 10. Learning # 2 In Switzerland, business usage as well as individual usage are both well developed. In contrast, the cost of ICTs is - by far - the weakest aspect of Switzerland’s performance. Switzerland ranks 68th in the affordability pillar. Another area of relative weakness is the lack of government efforts to promote ICTs. Switzerland ranks 31st in this category, way behind most of the Asian Tigers, the Gulf countries, and the Nordics. Learning # 3 Over the past 2 years, digitization has boosted world economic output by US$193 billion and created 6 million jobs. Learning # 4 More than 99% of things in the physical world are not linked to the Internet. However, ...