Visions of heaven and hell Summary by Stephen Bostock of the Channel 4 videos and Book by Mark Harrison. Comparisons are often made between the rise of the computer in the last few decades and the rise of printing in 15th Century Europe. Other people and computers can be accessed from anywhere in the world - the disappearance of place. The meaning of the word 'information' is changing.
Computers are increasingly good at processing information of all types.
The use information and they produce information. Any medium can be processed - text, pictures, sound, video. Three dimensional virtual reality can be experienced in real time but at a distance. The information superhighway is being built to move information from place to place almost instantaneously. Cabling with optical fibre is well under way.