America Beyond 2001 | Information Technology Is Not Revolutionary

What ever happened to the Information Society? Where is the Information Age? What, indeed, happened to the “workerless” factory, the “paperless” office and the “cashless” society? Why aren’t we all living in the “electronic cottage”, playing our part in the push-button “teledemocracy”—or simply relaxing in the “leisure society”, while machines exhibiting “artificial intelligence” do all the work? . . .

The truth is that society has not changed very much [since the 1970s]. The microchip has had much less social impact than almost everyone...

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