In the most recent report from 463 Communications and Zogby International, Americans say the next Bill Gates is currently studying math in Beijing.  The report is located here however I’ve summarized a few different areas of it:

1. Kids are more Internet savvy than Congressmen:Â Who knew that 83% of kids are? Â Republicans (85%) and Democrats (86%) agreed with each other.
2. One third of all Americans believe that the Internet is a greater invention than the printing press (sorry Johannes Gutenberg!).
3. While we all think that the Internet is a highly impact invention, 78% of respondents said that if a car wouldn’t start or you lost your keys, would rank higher than not being able to check email.
4. 66% of Americans believe that the Internet will be everywhere and there will be no place in the world within reason that would be without Internet.
5. 67% of Americans agreed that new camera and Internet technologies are turning us into a nation of voyeurs and paparazzi.
6. 67% of Americans said they’d rather watch the evening news coverage compared to citizen video reports.

The nationwide telephone survey of 1,203 adults was conducted 12/5/06 through 12/8/2006 and has a margin of error of +/- 2.9 percentage points.

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