Issue 462, page 64
Section: BOOK REVIEW
INFORMATION IS YESTERDAY'S OBSESSION
By Jerry P. Miller
Seizing The Future: How The Coming Revolution In Science, Technology, And
Industry Will
Expand The Frontiers Of Human Potential And Reshape The Planet, by Michael
G. Zey. Simon
& Schuster, New York, 414 pages, $24.
Want a vision? The post-industrial, information age is dead; we've entered
the Macroindustrial Era.
And according to author Michael Zey, this era will witness changes in
planetary exploration,
increases in speed and decreases in time, large-scale manufacturing of
miracle products, increased
global production and consumption, and the erection of enormous
transportation systems and
engineering projects. But to reap the advantages of genetic engineering or
nanotechnology, society
will need to address educational, political, social, and cultural issues
that will severely hamper
growth in this next era.
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