Detroit can win by using genius of the Internet

[Commentary] Throughout history, the American economy has been invigorated through giant leaps forward in technological vision and genius. Today, most of us imagine the proverbial Silicon Valley garage when we think of innovators at work on the next big idea. But a century ago, the workshops of Detroit gave birth to the innovations that lifted society up. The auto industry created new economic growth and jobs for middle class Americans. Detroit became a world-class manufacturing center -- the American dream made real. In the 21st Century, the Internet plays a similar role. Like the auto industry before it, inventions that began in spare rooms and college dorms are generating a new wave of prosperity and opportunity. And that's true right here in Michigan.