There will be a different kind of literacy based on a melange of digital information – the entire stream of all the things that flows into our mind from our computers.
Predictor: Kelly, Kevin
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for The New York Times, John Markoff writes about computers and literacy, quoting Kevin Kelly of Wired magazine: ”Digital video, with vast possibilities for manipulating images, exercises the mind. ‘Today people think of print as the only kind of writing,’ said Kevin Kelly, executive editor of Wired magazine in San Francisco. ‘There will be a different kind of literacy based on a melange of digital information – the entire stream of all the things that flows into our mind from our computers.'”
Biography:Kevin Kelly was the author of the book “Out of Control” and the first executive editor of the highly influential Wired magazine. (Author/Editor/Journalist.)
Date of prediction: March 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
Name of publication: New York Times
Title, headline, chapter name: The Rise and Swift Fall of Cyber Literacy
Quote Type: Partial quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.eff.org/Net_culture/Criticisms/fall_of_cyberliteracy.paper
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Stotler, Larry