This book is about a new American society that is not yet

fully evolved. Nevertheless, the restructuring of America is al-

ready changing our inner and outer lives. Each of this book s ten

chapters examines one of these critical restructurings: (1) Al-

though we continue to think we live in an indus~trial society, we

have in fact changed to an economy based on the creation and

distribution of information. (2) We are moving in the dual direc-

tions of high tech/high touch, matching each new technology

with a compensatory human response. (3) No longer do we have

the luxury of operating within an isolated, self-sufficient, nation-

al economic system; we now must acknowledge that-we are part

of a global economy. We have begun to let go of the idea that the

United States is and must remain the world s industrial leader as

we move on to other tasks. (4) We are restructuring from a soci-

ety run by short-term considerations and rewards in favor of

dealing with things in much longer-term time frames. (5) In

cities and states, in small organizations and subdivisions