The Expected World

EXPIRES: 2010

WRITTEN: 1998

TÉLÉVISION: L'objet le plus familier au monde. En 2010, plus de deux milliards de téléviseurs seront allumés en permanence. Ce ne sera pourtant pas un facteur de cohésion ou d'uniformité, mais plutôt de différenciation.

Jacques Attali

Dictionaire du XXIe siècle

Written: 1998

Addressed to: 2010

Source: Dictionaire du XXIe siècle

Author: Jacques Attali

Category: Culture & Society


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