This will enable us to leapfrog the Japanese and make the best use of an area in which we hold a tenuous advantage.
Predictor: Gore, Al
Prediction, in context:In a 1991 article in The New York Times, Edmund Andrews tells about the Senate passage of a $1 billion measure that would develop a high-speed network to link federal research centers, universities and corporations. Andrews writes: ”The measure, sponsored by Senator Albert Gore Jr., Democrat of Tennessee, would pay for supercomputing programs at several agencies, led by the National Science Foundation and the National Air and Space Museum, and would finance development of the switching systems and software necessary to link the computers through high-speed information ‘highways.’ ‘This is one of the most significant advances in the country’s ability to compete that we’ve had in a long, long time,’ Senator Gore said. ‘This will enable us to leapfrog the Japanese and make the best use of an area in which we hold a tenuous advantage.’ The goal of the new legislation is to spur the development of faster machines, the software and equipment to link them over long-distance networks and to finance research on new techniques in solving problems using high-speed computers.”
Biography:Al Gore, a former U.S. senator and vice president, made the future of technology an important part of his political agenda and was a leader in technology policymaking in the years before and during the Clinton Administration. Internet pioneers said his support had significant impact in the building of the U.S. network. (Legislator/Politician/Lawyer.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1991
Topic of prediction: Global Relationships/Politics
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: New York Times
Title, headline, chapter name: Senate Backs Nationwide Data Linkup
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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