The mostly white, well-off, “wired” segment of society is now boarding a new computer-generated ark and setting sail – yet again – for the promised land. Don’t be late, people, because a hard rain is gonna fall on those who miss the boat, if only because there aren’t going to be many jobs for those not on board.
Predictor: Scheer, Christopher
Prediction, in context:Christopher Scheer wrote the following in a 1995 essay for The Nation magazine: ”The mostly white, well-off, ‘wired’ segment of society is now boarding a new computer-generated ark and setting sail – yet again – for the promised land. Don’t be late, people, because a hard rain is gonna fall on those who miss the boat, if only because there aren’t going to be many jobs for those not on board.”
Date of prediction: May 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: Employment
Name of publication: The Nation
Title, headline, chapter name: The Pursuit of Techno-Happiness
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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