It’s possible that [the Internet] will influence the whole structure and nature of knowledge as much as the printing press did.
Predictor: Lindo, Kerri
Prediction, in context:In his 1993 article on the way professional researchers work online, Mike Holderness quotes Kerri Lindo, a teacher of philosophy at Middlesex University: ”If you work in the humanities, you can probably put off coming to grips with the technology for a few years. You might want, however, to consider the rich seam of research on how this medium affects the nature of the messages. Lindo is not the only person to speculate that, ‘It’s possible that [the Internet] will influence the whole structure and nature of knowledge as much as the printing press did.'”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: General, Overarching Remarks
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Times (London) Higher Education Supplement
Title, headline, chapter name: Greetings from the Twilight Zone
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.poptel.org.uk/nuj/mike/articles/the-invi.htm
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney