Fiber will come into being automatically through the forces of common sense and Mother Nature.
Predictor: Negroponte, Nicholas
Prediction, in context:In a 1993 article for Wired magazine, Nicholas Negroponte of MIT’s Media Lab writes: ”It is absolutely true that fiber delivers thousands, in fact, millions of times more bandwidth. Frankly, we don’t really know the limits of fiber. In addition, fiber now costs less than copper – when lines are updated, fiber will be used, with or without a need for bandwidth. Therefore, fiber will come into being automatically through the forces of common sense and Mother Nature.”
Biography:Nicholas Negroponte, a co-founder of MIT’s Media Lab and a popular speaker and writer about technologies of the future, wrote one of the 1990s’ best-selling books about the new future of communications, “Being Digital.” (Pioneer/Originator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Pipeline/Switching/Hardware
Name of publication: Wired
Title, headline, chapter name: Debunking Bandwidth
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1.03/negroponte_pr.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney