Machinery

            "What we call the Information Revolution is actually a Knowledge Revolution. What has made it possible to routinize processes is not machinery; the computer is only the trigger. Software is the reorganization of traditional work, based on centuries of experience, through the application of knowledge and especially of systematic, logical analysis. The key is not electronics; it is cognitive science. This means that the key to maintaining leadership in the economy and the technology that are about to emerge is likely to be the social position of knowledge professionals and social acceptance of their values. For them to remain traditional "employees" and be treated as such would be tantamount to England's treating its technologists as tradesmen -- and likely to have similar consequences" {Beyond the Information revolution, Drucker}. " e-commerce -- that is, the explosive emergence of the Internet as a major, perhaps eventually the major, worldwide distribution channel for goods, for services, and, surprisingly, for managerial and professional jobs" {"Drucker"} .
             The over development of motor transport, with its spiral of more cars, more highways, more pollutions, more suburbs, more commuting, has contributed to the near-destruction of our cities, the collapse of the family, and the pollution not only of local air, but also of the earth's atmosphere. The two main causes are population pressures, especially the pressures of large metropolitan populations, and the desire-a highly commendable one-to bring a decent living at the lowest possible cost to the largest possible number of people. The environmental crisis: contamination by pesticides and chemical fertilizers, urban sprawl and traffic jams. .
             There was a push toward Globalization, as geographic societies were disappearing, it brought growing indifference in a new intellectual age. The society was unable to adapt to developing technology and meet the demands of a constantly changing culture.