信息革命可望象上个世纪工业革命那样决定性地改变我们地球的常规。现在的工业时代将结束,我们的经济基础正在迅速地从工业生产转变为以信息为基础的货物和劳务的生产。我们的经济指标,如生产率和就业结构等正在随着我们进入一个新时代发生决定性变化。工业时代的象征是工厂,而信息时代的象征也许是计算机,也许是机器人, The information revolution is expected to change the routine of our planet as decisively as the industrial revolution of the last century. The current industrial age will come to an end. Our economic base is rapidly changing from industrial production to information-based production of goods and services. Our economic indicators, such as productivity and employment structure, are decisively changing as we enter a new era. The symbol of the industrial age is the factory, and the symbol of the information age may be a computer, perhaps a robot.