You’ll be able to see “Terminator 2” at any time of the day or night … I don’t know that the world is going to be greatly changed [for the better by this opportunity].
Predictor: Breitrose, Henry
Prediction, in context:In a 1993 article for The Washington Post, writer John Burgess quotes Henry Breitrose. Burgess writes:”Advances in communications can simply make it easier for people to send out information that those on the other end don’t want – witness the evolution of the fax machine. Much of what churns out of these machines today goes straight into the trash … With these services, said Henry Breitrose, a professor of communications at Stanford University, ‘You’ll be able to see “Terminator 2″ at any time of the day or night … I don’t know that the world is going to be greatly changed’ for the better by this opportunity.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Washington Post
Title, headline, chapter name: Data Highways: Can We Get There From Here? COmplex Problems of Funding, Standards, Rules Remain Unresolved as Grids’ Construction Begins
Quote Type: Direct quote
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