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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,