The NREN is at all odds the most important and lucrative marketplace of the 21st century.
Predictor: Gore, Al
Prediction, in context:In a 1993 article for The Houston Chronicle, Joe Abernathy used a quote from Vice President Al Gore. Abernathy writes: ”Based on an emerging global computer network known as the Internet, which links up to 12 million people in more than 30 nations, the National Research and Education Network (NREN) is a project Gore championed during his eight years in the senate. Gore envisions a future in which oceans of data, including libraries of movies, books and other creative works, would be readily available to every home. In selling a $5 billion spending plan focused on the network in 1992, Gore held forth the image of classrooms without walls, sophisticated medical collaborations and globally competitive small businesses. ‘The NREN is at all odds the most important and lucrative marketplace of the 21st century,’ he said in a recent statement.”
Biography:Al Gore, a former U.S. senator and vice president, made the future of technology an important part of his political agenda and was a leader in technology policymaking in the years before and during the Clinton Administration. Internet pioneers said his support had significant impact in the building of the U.S. network. (Legislator/Politician/Lawyer.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Houston Chronicle
Title, headline, chapter name: Computer network plans elicit fears as well as dreams
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=f93169b6a98674c69d91cbba397fd911&_docnum=1&wchp=dGLbVlb-lSlAl&_md5=bacfd7198a1eec545c92285572406024
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