“The actions and inactions of hundreds of millions of people and nearly 200 states, will affect what kind of world emerges in the time ahead.”

Source: Living In The Number One Country (2000), Chapter Two, Visions Of Global Electronic Mastery, p. 67

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American media critic 1919–2000

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