Über Bilder, Metaphern und Mythen der Informationsgesellschaft
It is part of the introduction to an article about the information society to point out the rapid pace, relevance, and explosive nature of information technology development, which exceeds all expectations and prognoses, marks a turning point in history, profoundly changes the lifeworld and society, and presents the people of the late second millennium with enormous challenges... —as if the point were only now to establish an awareness of the problem. Yet it should be obvious that a discussion of this development is necessary. The facts speak for themselves: Not only the already existing information and communication systems, but also and especially the newly emerging possibilities and forms of application of these technologies surprise, challenge, overwhelm, and increasingly demonstrate the normativity of the factual that lies within this development.