Cyberspace [is] a communications medium that might undo some of the damage to community that has been done by TV … Socialization is the key ingredient to civilization and the cyberspace can be a force for good in socialization.
Predictor: Farmer, Randy
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article in NetGuide, a number of individuals were honored as “The Tomorrow Makers,” including Randy Farmer, at the time best known as a co-creator of the originally Commodore 64-based virtual world Habitat. In the article, Grant Fjermedal writes: ”He sees virtual worlds like Habitat as experimental labs for social interaction … Farmer [suggests] that virtual worlds could serve as places for societal healing. ‘I personally see cyberspace as a communications medium that might undo some of the damage to community that has been done by TV,’ Farmer says. ‘I truly feel that socialization is the key ingredient to civilization and the cyberspace can be a force for good in socialization.'”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Community/Culture
Subtopic: Relationships
Name of publication: NetGuide
Title, headline, chapter name: The Tomorrow Makers
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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