We can move from BizWorld to Virtual World (a move occasioned when interaction takes off on top of the bandwidth of BizWorld), but only through Upstairs, Downstairs unless benevolent government intervention allows a move directly to Virtual World. |
The reverse is not likely to happen. We wouldn't move from Upstairs, Downstairs to BizWorld, unless the supply of good interactive applications was lacking (it is implausible that the Upstairs would change their minds and give up their interactivity and control). |
We might however "backslide" from Upstairs/ Downstairs to Slow Boat -- the government might step in to normalize incomes and inadvertently slow the economy, pre-empting (or postponing) both BizWorld and Virtual World. |