There is a growing disparity between rich and poor in the world, and this disparity is evident within the confines of the United States as well. This disparity will gain a new dimension with the growth of the use of computers, for there will be a new element separating rich and poor--access to computer services. As the Information Age develops, there may be an information gap as there is a wage gap today. Another unfortunate problem facing us in the 1990s is international terrorism, the willingness of certain groups and even states to use terrorism as a weapon to gain an advantage. With the lessening of world tensions because of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, we may have thought the world would become a safer place. This is not happening, though, because there remain certain groups and states that refuse to comply with certain world standards for comportment. Economic issues between the so-called Third World and the rest of the world have been co-opted by some of these groups as they demand changed economic and social conditions. These issues will also be affected by the developing post-industrial, information age. Developing countries often find themselves in the middle of disputes between larger powers in the First World or may see themselves as being asked to carry out environmental policies that will protect the polluting and wasteful First World at the expense of the developing countries. The rain forest issue is such an issue, for the farmers of the rain forest reason may see no other way to develop their farms except to destroy the rain forests. In truth, though, we do live in a world that is become more interdependent, and developing countries are faced more and more with the reality that they are dominated by the rich nations of the world and are being asked to shoulder even more of the world's burden by reducing their pollution. These nations are faced with added difficulties in their attempt to achieve an...