More than 40 leaders from business, government, and academia gathered for a 2-day symposium to focus on the social impact of new communications and information technologies and the extent to which the ways they are being used is decided as a matter of deliberate human choice, and how much by the influence of biased capabilities inherent in the technologies themselves. About half the participants were from Japan, while the rest were from the United States and other countries. This report is a highly-abbreviated, selective account of the symposium written from the viewpoint of its moderator and co-organizer. It is divided into five sections, each corresponding to a roundtable discussion that occurred over the 2 days: (1) The Dynamics of Information-Technology Enterprise and Public Policy; (2) The Demands on Learning and Labor; (3) the Rise of Electronic Democracy; (4) The Power of the Individual; and (5) World Views. A brief synthesis of the symposium discussions concludes the report. (THC)