We need mom-and-pop digital delis on the information superhighway. A new technology’s entrepreneurs never come out of the previous generation.
Predictor: Malamud, Carl
Prediction, in context:In a 1993 article for U.S. News & World Report, William F. Allman quotes Carl Malamud, founder of the first “cyber station” to broadcast audio on the Internet and host of “Geek of the Week.” Malamud says: ”We need mom-and-pop digital delis on the information superhighway. A new technology’s entrepreneurs never come out of the previous generation.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: E-commerce
Name of publication: U.S. News & World Report
Title, headline, chapter name: Pioneering the Electronic Frontier: For Many People, the Information Revolution is Already Here
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web6.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/36/20/36029163w6/purl=rc1_EAIM_0_A14603510&dyn=10!xrn_1_0_A14603510?sw_aep=ncliveec
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