The information age we’re creating will be based on computers and the networks that interconnect them … You can even help shape its growth and direction.
Predictor: Kehoe, Brendan
Prediction, in context:In an April 1993 talk he gave at a bookstore, Brendan Kehoe, author and technology developer, says: ”The information age we’re creating will be based on computers and the networks that interconnect them. Just think, even today you’ve probably used some sort of network at least three times. If you called home his afternoon … you used the phone company’s network. If you stopped by the ATM to take out some cash … you used the bank’s network … If you watched the ‘Today Show’ this morning before leaving for work or school, you used the global satellite network that let Katie Couric drop by for a visit. There’s another network, called the Internet, that will let you plan an even more critical role in how you get to use it. You can even help shape its growth and direction.”
Biography:Brendan Kehoe published his user-friendly guide “Zen and the Art of the Internet” in 1992. (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)
Date of prediction: April 8, 1993
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Talk for Printer's Inc. Bookstore
Title, headline, chapter name: The Net: A Brief Tour
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.zen.org/~brendan/net-talk.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Komorowski, Anne Gabrielle