Maybe we can become more democratic by learning how to use e-mail as part of running our organizations.
Predictor: Agre, Phil
Prediction, in context:In the May 1994 issue of his online newsletter The Network Observer, Phil Agre writes: ”Democracy means including everyone in making the decisions, and maybe we can become more democratic by learning how to use e-mail as part of running our organizations. You have to get together in person eventually, of course, so it’s a matter of finding the arrangement of work that makes the most of the scarce and valuable travel resources available to people who aren’t affiliated with elite institutions.”
Biography:Phillip E. Agre was an associate professor of information studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, and has been the author of research studies on the Internet. He edited The Network Observer, an online newsletter on Internet issues. (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)
Date of prediction: May 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Communication
Subtopic: E-mail
Name of publication: The Network Observer
Title, headline, chapter name: Welcome to TNO Vol. 1 #5
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/tno/may-1994.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Stewart, Ben L.