Keynote paper: trends, probabilities and tomorrow in information technology

Abstract

It has become almost a cliché to note that we live in the information age. Yet, despite this, it is, in fact, a key point in looking at our times and business. In the agricultural age, the key product and the shape of society was set by agriculture. In the industrial age, once again, the shape of society and the way we view it and the key product of the age were the industrial products. Thus, this being the information age has a key implication for us in that, if this is the information age, then the most important product of our time is information. This strange product, information, is what future generations will view us by. The production of information will shape our society and the shape of those things we value.

Citation

Ryan, H. (1988), "Keynote paper: trends, probabilities and tomorrow in information technology", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 40 No. 10, pp. 261-264. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb051109