Once we can surmount time and space and “be” anywhere, we must choose a “where” at which to be, and the computer’s functionality lies in its power to make us organize our decisions about the places we visit and stay in.
Predictor: Jones, Steven G.
Prediction, in context:In his 1995 book “CyberSociety: Computer-Mediated Communication and Community,” Steve Jones writes: ”Once we can surmount time and space and ‘be’ anywhere, we must choose a ‘where’ at which to be, and the computer’s functionality lies in its power to make us organize our decisions about the places we visit and stay in … A critical awareness of the social transformations that have occurred and continue to occur with or without technology will be our best ally as we incorporate CMC [Computer-Mediated Communication] into contemporary social life.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Community/Culture
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: CyberSociety: Computer-Mediated Communication and Community
Title, headline, chapter name: Chapter one
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Pages 32-33
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney