“I propose the hypothesis that all major trends of change constituting our new, confusing world are related, and that we can make sense of the interrelationship.  And, yes, I believe, in spite of long tradition of sometimes tragic intellectual errors, that observing, analyzing, and theorizing are a way of helping to build a different, better world.  Not by providing the answers -- that will be specific to each society and found by social actors themselves -- but by raising some relevant questions.”

 

Castells, Manuel. 1996. The Rise of the Network Society. Blackwell Publishers. Oxford. UK.