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The Status of the Information Society, by Michel Bauwens
Background on the American Progress and Freedom Foundation (PFF)
The ideological rationale behind the PFF
is the Third Wave
ideas of Alvin Toffler. Speakers argued that just as the
industrial revolution (Second Wave) had to sweep away the
restrictions imposed by feudal society (First Wave), the Third
Wave forces now should do the same with Second Wave restrictions.
Hence Big Government, and industrial society institutions
like the educational establishment, welfare, and unions should be
made harmless, and greater freedom of enterprise (no restrictions
on cable/telecom mergers) should allow the emergence of a new
cyber-economy.
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CMC Magazine / April 1, 1996
