The Information Superhighway: Tells about the positive and negative effects that the information superhighway (internet) has had on society.

The Information Superhighway While the information super highway has had an effect on society, all is not positive and toward a goal of the growth to society. Corporations may experience a growth in profits by selling goods via Internet and increase these profits by the reduction in work force. This reduction in workforce, however, reduces the quantity of available purchasers, having a negative economic effect on society. In addition to the negative economic effect society …

…and successful future for the planet. To take advantage of emerging technologies to create, manage, and use information that could be of strategic importance to the United States, the administration has launched an initiative to guide industry's development of the national information superhighway. While the structure and services to be offered by the information superhighway have not yet been determined, several critical technical challenges are emerging. Sources: http://www.transform.org/transform/tlc/infosuperhighway.htm