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The Next Web: "Web * e^(t/Tau)" (or "Just Say No to 2.0")

It didn't take long for someone to say that the the financial crisis will bring about "Capitalism 2.0". In this article I talk about the overuse of the "2.0" modifier throughout media and identify three characteristics common to the everyday introduction of a new "2.0". With Money 2.0, Sport 2.0, Sex 2.0, Religion 2.0 has the "2.0" become the "e" or "cyber" prefix of the late 90s, and is it time to retire it? If so, what is the next "2.0" modifier?

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