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===Description===
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A book written by [[Yoneji Masuda]], one of the first persons discussing the arrival of the information society in the early 1980's.
  
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Yoneji Masuda is regarded as one of the first persons discussing the arrival of the information society in the early 1980's.
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===Experiment===
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In 1974, a society of Japanese futurists proposed a billion dollar digital society plan called "The Information Society" as post-industrial society.  
  
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“The goal of the plan is the realization of a society that brings about a general flourishing state of human intellectual creativity, instead of affluent material consumption.  
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They believed that society could not continue to sustain itself if it relied on consumption and waste as top social and economic values. The project was tested in various households and included two-way communication systems that allowed users of the system to choose images to be displayed on their television screens as well as the ability to receive text messages by TV.  
  
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If the goal of industrial society is represented by volume consumption of durable consumer goods or realization of heavy mass consumption centering around motorization, information society my be termed as a society with highly intellectual creativity where people may draw future designs on an invisible canvas and pursue and realize lives worth living”.
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Educational programs where students could learn from the screen were tested as well. A database which digitally handled emergency calls was also tested, and it worked. This was an experimental internet. It was highly favored by those inside and outside of Japan, and it's proposed cost was in the billions of dollars.
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Get it: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0930242157?tag=haztectal-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=0930242157&adid=1Z94KE05KKKTDC9S18DZ&" rel="nofollow">The Information Society as Post Industrial Society, by Yoneji Masuda</a>. The book is also on Google Books, and can be previewed. If you want to see more pages than the limited preview, simply grab a proxy IP address or two and reload your browser (don't e-mail me for support).
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Fourth Stage - Individual Based Computerization. "At this stage there will be a personal terminal in each household, used to solve day-to-day problems and determine the direction of one's future life" (Masuda, 39: 1980). World Future Society.
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The Societal Impact of the Information Epoch
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Stage 1- In which technology does work previous done by man.
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Stage 2- in which technology makes possible work that man has never been able to do before.
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Stage 3 - in which the existing social and economic structures are transformed into new social and economic systems.
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Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook. Different social networking sites, a digital creation of use value.
  
 
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Revision as of 22:09, 29 March 2011

Description

A book written by Yoneji Masuda, one of the first persons discussing the arrival of the information society in the early 1980's.

Experiment

In 1974, a society of Japanese futurists proposed a billion dollar digital society plan called "The Information Society" as post-industrial society.

They believed that society could not continue to sustain itself if it relied on consumption and waste as top social and economic values. The project was tested in various households and included two-way communication systems that allowed users of the system to choose images to be displayed on their television screens as well as the ability to receive text messages by TV.

Educational programs where students could learn from the screen were tested as well. A database which digitally handled emergency calls was also tested, and it worked. This was an experimental internet. It was highly favored by those inside and outside of Japan, and it's proposed cost was in the billions of dollars.

Get it: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0930242157?tag=haztectal-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=0930242157&adid=1Z94KE05KKKTDC9S18DZ&" rel="nofollow">The Information Society as Post Industrial Society, by Yoneji Masuda</a>. The book is also on Google Books, and can be previewed. If you want to see more pages than the limited preview, simply grab a proxy IP address or two and reload your browser (don't e-mail me for support).

Fourth Stage - Individual Based Computerization. "At this stage there will be a personal terminal in each household, used to solve day-to-day problems and determine the direction of one's future life" (Masuda, 39: 1980). World Future Society.

The Societal Impact of the Information Epoch

Stage 1- In which technology does work previous done by man.

Stage 2- in which technology makes possible work that man has never been able to do before.

Stage 3 - in which the existing social and economic structures are transformed into new social and economic systems.

Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook. Different social networking sites, a digital creation of use value.

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