Michel Cartier

In collaboration with Jon Husband

version 3 (January 2020)

We are living the end of a world,
but also the beginning of a new one

Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. The nature of information
  3. A digital world
  4. The Internet
  5. Communications
  6. A culture of images-on-screen
  7. A knowledge-based society
  8. Citizens in a digital world
  9. Smart cities
  10. A new model for the knowledge society
  11. Le colophon

The Emergence of Information

This document was developed for people who are not computer scientists or information technologists. It was developed for all those people who are worried about the changes that are taking place and who don’t spend their whole day in front of a screen.