Winners and Loosers in the Information Age

Ψάξαμε στο αρχείο μας και βρήκαμε ένα εξαιρετικά ενδιαφέρον άρθρο του I. O. Angell (Professor of Information Systems at the London School of Economics) σχετικά με την κοινωνία που αναδύεται στην εποχή της τεχνολογίας, των επικοινωνιών, της γνώσης και της παγκοσμιοποίησης. Το άρθρο, το όποίο μπορείτε να διαβάσετε μέσω του link στο τέλος του post, δημοσιεύτηκε για πρώτη φορά στο περιοδικό του London School of Economics εν έτει 1995.


I. O. Angell,

Just open any newspaper, or switch on the radio or television, and you'll find journalists worldwide bemoaning a crisis of confidence in social, political and economic institutions. There is a deep feeling that it is all coming to an End. For they know we are on the verge of an Information Revolution that is taking us out of the Machine Age, into .... who knows what. Many commentators are deeply pessimistic, they see only chaos ahead. In Britain both press and politicians keep asking themselves (and us interminably) "where is the `feel good' factor?" Even when the "numbers" look good, with the economy growing, low inflation, and unemployment falling .... the country is still miserable. A malaise has contaminated the national consciousness. The British people aren't stupid. They know that for the majority of our society, any society, they know it has gone forever - they know there is nothing that anyone can do about it. Everywhere the socio-economic certainties of the twentieth century are collapsing. The world as we know it is changing; it may even be moving in reverse.

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