Indian villages may never have access to the Internet, but since at the moment they don’t have access to the Cambridge [U.K.] University Library, we’re not disadvantaging them any more.
Predictor: Law, Derek
Prediction, in context:In his 1993 article on worldwide electronic communication, Mike Holderness quotes Derek Law. Holderness writes: ”Derek Law concludes: ‘Indian villages may never have access to the Internet, but since at the moment they don’t have access to the Cambridge [U.K.] University Library, we’re not disadvantaging them any more.'”
Date of prediction: March 2, 1993
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Digital Divide
Name of publication: New Scientist
Title, headline, chapter name: Down and Out on the Electronic Frontier
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.poptel.org.uk/nuj/mike/articles/nsc-elec.htm
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