导言如何才能保证把信息时代技术的利益公平地分配给全体公民?这是我们进一步跨入“信息时代”时必须应付的紧迫问题之一。这是一个涉及社会中权力和控制的问题,即一个有关技术、既得利益和人民之间如何相互作用的问题。许多人曾对这个问题进行过探索,从乌托邦到卢德,从韦尔斯、布什到韦伯斯特和鲁滨斯。 Introduction How can we ensure that the benefits of technology in the information age are equitably distributed to all citizens? This is one of the pressing issues that we must cope with when we further step into the “information age.” This is a question that concerns the power and control in society - a question about how technology, vested interests and people interact with each other. Many have explored this issue, from Utopia to Ludh, from Wells, Bush to Webster and Rubens.