The most often cited transformations would be the possibility of telework, videoconferencing, and the time-space distanciation of the industrial system that gives rise to more powerful and concentrated global cities serving as planetary command and control centers in the world-system.
Najpogosteje navajane spremembe so možnosti za telekomunikacijsko delo, video konference ter časovno in prostorsko distanciranje industrijskega sistema, kar sili v razvoj moč- nejših in skoncentriranih svetovnih velemest, ki funkcionirajo kot planetarna upravna in nadzorna središča svetovnega sistema.