Generally speaking, humanity claims to be "in" the Information Age, and for the most part we agree.  

Computing is no longer a discrete activity bound to a desktop; network computing and mobile computing are fast becoming a part of everyday life and so is the Internet. 

Soon, devices like PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), OLPC computers, and mobile phones will be able to bring together in one integrated system the poor and rich alike, in a realm that exists outside territorial boundaries, in the Cyberspace of the Internet. 

Although we have come a long way, it may be that we are still in the "transition" or pressurization period that comes just before a new age is born.  The period we are experiencing today is a transition between the Industrial and Information Ages, we call this period "Globalization."

We will be fully immersed in the Information Age once there is a Global Commerce Space where everyone is treated equally, compensated equally (without harming the planet,) and can better his or her lives - starting with nothing but access.

What we lack is an appropriate global law forum with a commercial model that can benefit everyone, including the poor to trade their way out poverty, and which addresses our long-term environmental responsibilities. We need a Information Age economic (commercial) model... Read more