The information marketplace will soon begin to grow so quickly that it will spew out revenues.
Predictor: Dertouzos, Michael
Prediction, in context:In a 1990 article in The New York Times, John Markoff paraphrases the future vision of Internet pioneer Michael Dertouzos. Markoff writes: ”Some experts believe that, in addition to the current coalition of support, the infrastructure will have to start early on to help pay its own way. Michael L. Dertouzos, for one, director of the computer science laboratory at M.I.T., believes that the information marketplace will soon begin to grow so quickly that it will spew out revenues.”
Biography:Michael Dertouzos was director of the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and the author of “The Unfinished Revolution.” He led a project intended to make computers adapt to people. He outlined a comprehensive proposal for a national information “infrastructure” in a 1991 article for Technology Review. (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1990
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: E-commerce
Name of publication: New York Times
Title, headline, chapter name: Creating a Giant Computer Highway
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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