This office-as-factory model is also seen in the "electronic sweatshops" springing up in suburban regions. Corporations (Bank of America, Pacific Telephones, AT&T, Mobil Oil, and others) are building cheap back offices in suburbs to house their rote work. Low-paid workers sit at rows and rows of cathode-ray tubes in those word- and number-processing factories.

      The pessimistic vision of the home of the future is embodied in enclave theory. This is the argument that the home of the future will be a sort of "womb with a view" (or, for those more sociable, a room for two, or perhaps a few, with a view). The view will be provided by a television screen. This screen will be more a window on the world outside than a mirror of the world inside as it often is now. Through this window will pour information about the world outside, through a multitude of channels over various delivery systems. However, the window will be two-way. The authorities outside will be able to monitor the occupants inside. Teleshopping and telebanking services through the screen will further reduce the need to ever leave the womb. The home will become a fortress to protect its occupants from an increasingly hostile environment.