The prediction, in brief:

It’s the early ’80s again. There is the feeling again that computers are going to change the world, but this time it’s on the Net.

Predictor: Brand, Stewart

Prediction, in context:

In a 1995 article for the New York Times, writer Steve Lohr quotes Stewart Brand. He writes:”It’s the early ’80s again,” remarked Stewart Brand, founder of the Whole Earth catalogues and the Well, an online service based in San Francisco. “There is the feeling again that computers are going to change the world, but this time it’s on the Net.”

Biography:

Stewart Brand founded Whole Earth ‘Lectronic Link (WELL) in 1985 with Larry Brilliant. This was one of the first and most intellectually active online “communities.” (Pioneer/Originator.)

Date of prediction: January 1, 1995

Topic of prediction: General, Overarching Remarks

Subtopic: General

Name of publication: New York Times

Title, headline, chapter name: Adapting ’60s Sensibilities to the Internet

Quote Type: Direct quote

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=fad04b03c22312ecec7f34bc21969c3f&_docnum=10&wchp=dGLbVlz-lSlzV&_md5=546976d77d79fde1be95c9601b5246f8

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Cooley, Theresa M.