A new kind of computerized communications will … eclipse the telephone. It will tie our computers at home and work to the outside world, enabling us to plunder the world’s entertainment and information resources at the push of a button.
Predictor: Baldwin, Deborah
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for Common Cause magazine, Deborah Baldwin writes: ”It’s been about 10 years since the PC and Mac turned typwriters into landfill; a new kind of computerized communications will similarly eclipse the telephone. It will tie our computers at home and work to the outside world, enabling us to plunder the world’s entertainment and information resources at the push of a button – after we get all our other work done, of course.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Common Cause Magazine
Title, headline, chapter name: If This is the Information Superhighway, Where Are the Rest Stops?
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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