Modest industrial society was in its last stage, to be shortly replaced by the Information Age, when the globe would be linked by a single, unified communications network. Automation would replace substantial amounts of manual labor, and leisure time would be significantly increased.
學者指出，工業社會的下一個階段，將是資訊社會；而在資訊社會中，機器將取代人類大部分機械化的工作，「ISDN」系統將全世界納入一個單一的通訊網內；服務業人口比率大幅提高，一般人也將過著少汙染、多休閒、以資訊為重心的生活。