ABSTRACT

At present, discussion of ICTs and the ‘information society’ is overwhelmingly positive. To be sure, there is some anxiety about the economic circumstances that surround developments, but this is far outweighed by unbounded enthusiasm for improved communications, for leaps in productivity, and the prospect of much better education services. Few commentators even bother to address the dreary topic of electronic warfare, though the military roots of ICTs are undeniable, simply because they appear so archaic and irrelevant to the world as it is today.