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Round Table: Dialogue among Civilizations United Nations, New York, 5 September 2000 Provisional verbatim transcription

Address by Flora Lewis (United States of America)

Ms. Lewis: First I think that the key is, as expressed by Mr. Van Ginkel, that we must talk about what kind of world we want to live in. Information technology is a tool, not more. The content has to be decided. It is absolutely true that the tools you have decide what you can make with it, enlarge what you can make with it, or define what you can make with it, but one still has to decide what it is one wants. That is the issue we should be concerned with.

Mr. Picco: Mr. Bulliet.

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