Introduction -- A collision of waves -- Super-struggle -- The second wave -- The architecture of civilization -- The invisible wedge -- Breaking the code -- The technicians of power -- The hidden blueprint -- A frenzy of nations -- The imperial drive -- Indust-reality -- Code: the flash flood -- The third wave -- The new synthesis -- The commanding heights -- De-massifying the media -- The intelligent environment -- Beyond mass production -- The electronic cottage -- Families of the future -- The corporate identity crisis -- Decoding the new rules -- The rise of the prosumer -- The mental maelstrom -- The crack-up of the nation -- Gandhi with satellites -- Coda: the great confluence -- Conclusion -- The new psycho-sphere -- The personality of the future -- The political mausoleum -- Twenty-first century democracy.

A call for political change to meet what the author views as the impending doom of society as we know it