"Energy and technology are the fundamental drivers of development and are central elements of globalization. Development of energy resources and distribution of energy services will control the development and distribution of economic opportunity in much of the world.

Furthermore, the traditional role technology diffusion has played in global patterns of development has entered a new dimension with the advent of the information society. All of IIASA's modeling and analyses of global issues will be affected by the technology of the global information infrastructure, and new projects will be explored concerning the impacts of information technology on societies and economies."

     from IIASA Enters the Twenty-First Century, page 8

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