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The Information Revolution: Far-Reaching Implications of Continuing Advances

Some RAND research explores the "further edges" of the information revolution, considering more dramatic effects on society that might result from the continuing advances in computing and communications. These studies introduce concepts such as "cyberocracy" and "noopolitik," and probe their meaning in a substantially different world.

Selected publications on this topic include:

The Emergence of Noopolitik: Toward an American Information Strategy - 1999

John Arquilla, David F. Ronfeldt, MR-1033-OSD

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Cyberocracy Is Coming - 1996

David F. Ronfeldt, RP-222

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Tribes, Institutions, Markets, Networks: A Framework About Societal Evolution - 1996

David F. Ronfeldt, P-7967

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Can the Conventional Models Apply? The Microeconomics of the Information Revolution - 1996

Bruce W. Don, David Frelinger, RP-482

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