| The following discussion is based on a series of workshops and expert pools conducted by the Technology Assessment Group of the Andersen Consulting. |
| The social, political, and technological ramifications of the multimedia-based information infrastructure will be discussed in the form of four possible scenarios describing sociological snapshots of the USA economy in the year 2003. |
| It is assumed that in the global economy the developments in USA will be followed by rest of the Western world. The definition of "Western" remains open for discussion (it probably includes Far East but does not include anything south of Gibraltar). |
| We hope to demonstrate significance of the information revolution in a dramatic fashion! |