While the President of the United States talks about creating high-tech “information superhighways” that will revolutionize America, [Mark] Hannah has a more pragmatic idea of how those superhighways will be used by most Americans – at least in the short run. Hannah ticks off his fingers as he sits on a couch in his office in Building 2 on the SGI campus, counting: “Interactive home shopping, video on demand, and games.”
Predictor: Hannah, Mark
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for Wired magazine, Michael Goldberg quotes Silicon Graphics Inc. chief scientist Mark Hannah. Schwartz writes:”‘Interactive home shopping,’ says Mark Hannah. His brown eyes light up. A big smile appears on his face. While the President of the United States talks about creating high-tech ‘information superhighways’ that will revolutionize America, Hannah has a more pragmatic idea of how those superhighways will be used by most Americans – at least in the short run. Hannah ticks off his fingers as he sits on a couch in his office in Building 2 on the SGI campus, counting: ‘Interactive home shopping, video on demand, and games.'”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Wired
Title, headline, chapter name: Fire in the Valley
Quote Type: Partial quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.01/sgi_pr.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney