The prediction, in brief:

When the entire procession of historical, biological, and cosmological events is reanalyzed in the light of modern mathematical discoveries like the fractal and feedback loops, it points toward this era – the turn of the century – as man’s leap out of history altogether and into the timeless dimension of Cyberia.

Predictor: Rushkoff, Douglas

Prediction, in context:

In his 1994 book “Cyberia: Life in the Trenches of Hyperspace,” Douglas Rushkoff writes:”We may in fact be at the brink of a renaissance of unprecedented magnitude, heralded by the 1960s, potentiated by the computer and other new technologies, mapped by chaos math and quantum physics, fueled by psychedelic drugs and brain foods, and manifesting right now in popular culture as new music, fiction, art, entertainment, games, philosophy, religion, sex, and lifestyle. These changes are being implemented and enjoyed by a group of young people we’ll call the cyberians, who are characterized primarily by a faith in their ability to consciously rechoose their own reality – to design their experience of life … When the entire procession of historical, biological, and cosmological events is reanalyzed in the light of modern mathematical discoveries like the fractal and feedback loops, it points toward this era – the turn of the century – as man’s leap out of history altogether and into the timeless dimension of Cyberia.”

Biography:

Douglas Rushkoff, an author, social theorist, journalist and software developer, wrote the book “Cyberia: Life in the Trenches of Hyperspace,” (Harper San Francisco, 1994) a best-selling portrait of the 1990s cyberculture. He edited “The Gen X Reader” (Ballantine, 1994), a collection of writings by the elusive, media-wary “slacker” generation. He also wrote “Media Virus! Hidden Agendas in Popular Culture” (Ballantine, 1994). In the 1990s, he regularly contributed features about pop-culture, media and technology to magazines. (Author/Editor/Journalist.)

Date of prediction: January 1, 1994

Topic of prediction: General, Overarching Remarks

Subtopic: General

Name of publication: Cyberia: Life in the Trenches of Hyperspace

Title, headline, chapter name: Introduction: Surfing the Learning Curve of Sisyphus

Quote Type: Direct quote

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This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Stewart, Ben L.