Ответ:
1. IT progress is different from other progresses because of quickness of information transmission.
2. There are some peculiarities of information society. Firstly, more and more employees work in the sphere of service and information. Secondly, more and more huge databases appear to collect and store the information.
3. Information plays important part in the country's economy.
4. The influence can be very different: from psychological and health problems of children who spend too much time online to an opportunity to prevent genetic diseases for future generations.
5. The key problems that humanity faces today are pollution of air, water and soil, exhaustion of natural resources, wars, epidemics, and demographic problems.
6. These problems can be solved only in cooperation with other countries.