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Cansuchdevelopmentsbesaidtobeactingasade-centralisinginf一uence,tobeincreasingthepowerortheindividualtocontrolhisownlire?ThisiswhatwearealwaystoldthenewcommunicationsmediaaregolngtOdo.Butitseemstomethattheshiftinpowerwilnotbefrom centralisedbodiestotheindividual.Itwilbefrom thepresentinstitutionstonewones,andherewehavethekeyIsueinalpredictionsaboutwhatefectthenew technologiesaregoingtohaveonsociety.Itisnotaquestionortechnology.Itisaquestionofpolitics.Whatisatstakehereistheisueofwhocontrolsthenew informationmedia.Thatinformationispoweriscertain;butwhatmakesitpoweristhefactthatitisinrestrictedsupply.Likemoney,itsvalueisdependentonitsscarcity,andthroughouthistoryithasbeenguardedbythosewhohaveaccestoitwithalthejealoustenacityofadogholdingontoabone.Despitetheprofesedenthusiasm withwhichpoliticianstalkabouttheadventofthe"informationage,"itissurelynotsuchgoodnewsforthem.Althepreviousmajoradvancesin communicationshavecausedradicalChangesinthestructureofsociety,andinthelongterm unseatedtherulingorder.Eversincecivilisation began,themeansofconveylnginformationbeyondtheface-to-facecontactesentialfordailylifehavebeenrestrictedbytheprevailingauthorities.ItissaidthatGutenberg,theinventororprinting,alwaysworkedbehindlockeddoorsandtookpainstoensurethathisworklookedasmuchaspossiblelikethehand-copiedmanuscriptsproducedbymonasticscholarsincasetheChurchdiscoveredwhathewasdoingandrealisedthathisinventionspeltitsdoom.With theinvention orprintingthepowerordisseminatingknowledge450