scientific innovations, such as complexity theory, 
and chaos theory, seem impossible to conceive 
without the extension of our collective thinking 
process by powerful computers.

Under electronic conditions, the world resembles a 
global village. As McLuhan predicted, this did not 
mean that everyone would get along. In North 
America, a ’90s generation gap looms, as Nintendo 
kids evolve their own style and sensibility to the 
consternation of middle-aged television babies. A 
global language of popular commercial culture has 
forged new cultural literacies. The classics, and 
recorded history, are transferred to CD-ROMs,