The Network Society - University of Massachusetts Amherst

434 The Network Society
The responsible politicians, the economic agents and the
Portuguese citizens will, together, have to be the fundamental protagonists
of that change. In my capacity as President of the Republic,
however, I understand that the terms of the problems to be faced will
be clearer and more consolidated if we all have secure knowledge and
information on the alternatives we have. The extremely high quality
of the contributions presented and published herein are, for me, an
absolute guarantee that the organization of the colloquium, that led to
this book, was a very positive step in this direction.
In this sense, I will finish off by greeting the illustrious book contributors
and thanking them for having accepted my invitation and,
above all, for what we can learn from them.