My guess is that the information revolution is so pervasive that you don’t have to worry about being on its cutting, bleeding edge. It’ll get you anyway, and that’s fine if you’ve got a comfortable way to sort of go along with it. You don’t have to get version 1.0 of everything. In fact, you’re much better off usually getting 3-point-something, when all the bugs have been sorted out.
Predictor: Brand, Stewart
Prediction, in context:In an interview that aired on PBS-TV in 1995, Internet pioneer Stewart Brand said: ”My guess is that the information revolution is so pervasive that you don’t have to worry about being on its cutting, bleeding edge. It’ll get you anyway, and that’s fine if you’ve got a comfortable way to sort of go along with it. You don’t have to get version 1.0 of everything. In fact, you’re much better off usually getting 3-point-something, when all the bugs have been sorted out.”
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: June 15, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Language/Interface/Software
Name of publication: PBS-TV Interview in San Francisco
Title, headline, chapter name: High Stakes in Cyberspace
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/cyberspace/brand.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Bradshaw, Lindsay