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Chapter 5
Interdependence
Renaissance of Multifaceted Convergence
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
—Albert Einstein
Commoditization to innovation: ushering a transition from tangibility to perceptibility, like shift-
ing sands through the dawn of the information age.
e escalation of information spans all facets of human existence, from personal to profes-
sional. Entertainment, lifestyles, and business are among the arenas of information creation and
dissemination. Information has been a central theme in human endeavor through the passages
of history and civilization. It has shaped and molded the course of individuals, societies, a ...