"Communication is the foundation of society, of our culture, of our humanity, of our own individual identity, and of all economic systems. This is why networks are such a big deal. Communication is so close to culture and society itself that the effects of technologizing it are beyond the scale of a mere industrial-sector cycle. Communication, and its ally computers, is a special case in economic history. Not because it happens to be the fashionable leading business sector of our day, but because its cultural, technological, and conceptual impacts reverberate at the root of our lives".

.Kevin Kelly was/is one of the main players in the Wired magazine . His statements about change and the nature ofn our response to change are challenging, if not a little frightening.

"Change comes in various wavelengths. There are changes in the game, changes in the rules of the game, and changes in how the rules of the game are changed."

I loved and loathed this work? While at once inspiring and challenging I also suffered from a sense of death by loud slogan....Hmmm.. I am going to have to sit on this one and revisit it shortly...

 

New Rules for the New Economy : 10 Radical Strategies for a Connected World