America Beyond 2001
America Beyond 2001 | Information Technology Is Revolutionary
It has become a cliché to note the revolutionary impact of information technology (IT), but the real upheaval lies just ahead. If the number-crunching mainframe computers of the 1970s formed the childhood of IT, and the flowering of personal computers [PCs] during the 1980s marked its youthful adolescence, then the 1990s seem likely to see the passage of IT into adulthood. John Scully, chairman of Apple Computer, describes the future prospects this way: “We have been racing to get to the starting line. The really interesting stuff begins in the 1990s.”
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Technology Will Strengthen the Traditional Family
- The Traditional Family Will Be Less Prevalent
- A Vision of Revitalized Education
- A Vision of Declining Education
- Immigrants Will Strengthen America’s Future
- Immigrants Will Weaken America’s Future
- The Aging of America: Alternative Visions
- Ethics for the Twenty-First Century
- Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
- Chapter 3 Preface
- The Global Economy Is Real
- The Global Economy Is Largely Myth
- America Needs an Industrial Policy
- America Does Not Need an Industrial Policy
- America’s Economy May Become Intensely Regulated
- Economic Scenarios: From Boom to Collapse
- Entitlement Programs Are Sustainable
- Entitlement Programs Are Not Sustainable
- Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
- Chapter 5 Preface
- Technology Can Secure America’s Future
- Technology Can Be Damaging
- Information Technology Is Revolutionary
- Information Technology Is Not Revolutionary
- Technology Rapidly Changes Society
- Technology Slowly Changes Society
- Information Technology Workers, 2010
- Information Technology Criminals, 2010
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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