I can’t hire you if you don’t get it (the new technology). I can’t get a new job if I don’t get it. I can’t sell you my new service if you don’t get it. And you can’t make good policy for me if you don’t get it.
Predictor: Civille, Richard
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Marcia Stepanek of Hearst Newspapers interviews scholars about their views of the expected impact of communications networks, quoting Richard Civille of the Center for Civic Networking. Stepanek writes: ”Social scholars, public-interest advocates and even a few politicians are just beginning to grapple with what the new two-way computer-video technology may mean for society … [There are digital ‘haves and have-nots,’ the poor, women and people in the 35-55 age range are the people who are generally not getting online up to this point.] And in the future, when economic opportunity will flow to those with access to the superhighway, says Richard Civille of the Center for Civic Networking, ‘these trends will become even more disturbing.’ The stakes of being left off the superhighway? Civille puts it this way: ‘I can’t hire you if you don’t get it (the new technology). I can’t get a new job if I don’t get it. I can’t sell you my new service if you don’t get it. And you can’t make good policy for me if you don’t get it.'”
Date of prediction: March 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Digital Divide
Name of publication: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Title, headline, chapter name: Scholars Try to Measure the Impact
Quote Type: Partial quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=a2da499fc860f603f890270e01d5c693&_docnum=1&wchp=dGLbVtb-lSlAl&_md5=c06b25b68e8d45fca948131279df77d3
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Garrison, Betty