I was just sent this from Amazon.com. Thought it might be of some interest.
best, patrick
"The New Renaissance: Computers and the Next Level of
Civilization"
by Douglas S. Robertson
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195121899/ref=ad_cy1
Robertson shows how higher levels of civilization are
largely determined by the speed at which information can be
relayed. As a result, the communications technology made
possible by computers is about to enable human societies to
make advances on a previously unimaginable scale. This book
draws upon the history of technological innovation, modern
scientific and mathematical theory, and examples from
Robertson's imagination to depict the scope of coming change
as our civilization leaps toward its next level.
Patrick Wilken http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~patrickw/ Editor: PSYCHE: An International Journal of Research on Consciousness Secretary: The Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/ http://www.phil.vt.edu/ASSC/