Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- Preface -- 1 Visions of a way forward -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Major goals in the ICT society -- 1.3 Effects on human beings -- 1.4 Voices from around the world -- 1.5 The Good ICT Society and actions to reach that society -- Bibliography -- 2 In search of quality of life and wisdom in the ICT society -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Work life and private life -- 2.3 Humans to robots -- 2.4 Stress -- 2.5 Communication between people -- 2.6 Children -- 2.7 Summing up -- Bibliography -- Appendix (Chapter 2) -- 3 The convergence model: a path to the golden rule -- 3.1 What is convergence? -- 3.2 The main parts of the convergence model -- 3.3 Effects on human beings -- 3.4 Dynamics of the model -- 3.5 Societal self-production -- 3.6 What is the Good ICT Society? -- 3.7 From theory and visions to actions -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1 (Chapter 3) -- Appendix 2 (Chapter 3) -- 4 Toward peace on earth -- 4.1 Some observations on ICT, war, cyber warfare, and infrastructure -- 4.2 Researching and reporting on ICT and war -- 4.3 Starting to study the problems -- 4.4 A need for growth in alternative thinking and acting -- 4.5 Constructive suggestions -- 4.6 Emerging suggestions -- 4.7 Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- 5 Voices from around the world on quality of life and well-being in the ICT society -- 5.1 Background to the survey -- 5.2 Questions about the self and daily life -- 5.3 Questions about life in general, human life, and people's lives -- 5.4 Aspects regarded as the most positive and most negative with regard to ICT -- 5.5 Direct quotes from respondents -- 5.6 Some interviews in 2016 -- 5.7 Interviewing myself in 2013 -- 5.8 My answers in 2016 -- 6 The Good ICT Society -- 6.1 What is a good quality of life? A vision