COMMUNICATIONS AND IT ON THE LONG WAY OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY TOWARDS KNOWLEDGE BASED SOCIETY

The paper is an approach of the complex problems involved in the process of evolution of the information society towards the knowledge based society, from the point of view of the communications and information technology contribution. The main issue the author considered is the determinant role of the concept of knowlidge in the way the communications and information technology could and must influence the stable and balanced evolution of the society when facing major challenges as the decline of Earth resources and the social incertitudes. On this matter, the major features of the huge potential of the communications and information technology products and services are presented, along with some lessons the nature could offer to the refined and updated knowledge concept.