We’ve given individuals and small groups equally powerful tools to what the largest, most heavily funded organizations in the world have. And that trend is going to continue … By creating this electronic Web, we have flattened out again the difference between the lone voice and the very large, organized voice … And I don’t think it’s anywhere near over.
Predictor: Jobs, Steve
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for Rolling Stone, Jeff Goodell talks with Apple and NeXT Computer CEO Steve Jobs. An excerpt from the interview reads: Goodell – “It’s been 10 years since the PC revolution started. Rational people can debate about whether technology has made the world a better place … Jobs – “The world’s clearly a better place. Individuals can now do things that only large groups of people with lots of money could do before. What that means is we have much more opportunity for people to get to the marketplace – not just the marketplace of commerce, but the marketplace of ideas; the marketplace of publications; the marketplace of public policy – you name it. We’ve given individuals and small groups equally powerful tools to what the largest, most heavily funded organizations in the world have. And that trend is going to continue … By creating this electronic Web, we have flattened out again the difference between the lone voice and the very large, organized voice … And I don’t think it’s anywhere near over.”
Biography:Steve Jobs, co-founded Apple Computers in 1976 with Steve Wozniak. They began by building their computers in the Jobs family’s garage. Both men had earlier worked designing games for Atari. He left Apple in the mid-’80s and founded NeXT Corporation to build a new line of computers. He also helped fund and found Pixar in 1986. He returned to the position as Apple’s chief executive in the mid-’90s. (Entrepreneur/Business Leader.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Global Relationships/Politics
Subtopic: Creating a Smaller World
Name of publication: Rolling Stone
Title, headline, chapter name: Looking for the NeXT Revolution: Steve Jobs
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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