Rifkin gives an insightful analysis of the shift from property ownership to the information economy and how access to information becomes evermore critical. The value of his thoughts for me have to do with his insights about how the the market, which in past societies was a off to the side, but has now become more and more the driving force shaping human culture and interaction. Access to the "market place" is now controlled by marketing interests and not by more traditional forces of religion, philosophy, politics. ( )

Interesting book that I had to read for library school. I think Rifkin's idea that we purchase access over purchasing a product is really beginning to happen now. ( )