There are two areas that we believe are critical for the future of the society. The first is the introduction of truly free and open-access information marketplaces in the electronic networking environment. If, as a society, we truly believe in the free-enterprise system, then this becomes an obvious normative objective for the society. Along with this is the obvious need to make sure common-carrier pricing for digital-data transmission becomes independent of volume discounts. The second area is the potential this technology holds for education, training, and life-long learning objectives. It should go without saying that the functioning of a democracy is related to the educational level of its citizenship.
Predictor: Hiltz, Starr Roxanne
Prediction, in context:In a 1992 paper they presented at a workshop titled “Rights and Responsibilities of Participants in Networked Communities” for the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council, researchers Starr Roxanne Hiltz and Murray Turoff say: ”There are two areas that we believe are critical for the future of the society. The first is the introduction of truly free and open-access information marketplaces in the electronic networking environment. If, as a society, we truly believe in the free-enterprise system, then this becomes an obvious normative objective for the society. Along with this is the obvious need to make sure common-carrier pricing for digital-data transmission becomes independent of volume discounts. The second area is the potential this technology holds for education, training, and life-long learning objectives. It should go without saying that the functioning of a democracy is related to the educational level of its citizenship.”
Biography:Starr Roxanne Hiltz, the co-author of a seminal book about the electronic frontier, “The Network Nation: Human Communication Via Computer” (MIT Press), was a professor of computer and information science at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and the author of many Internet research studies. In 1994, Hiltz received the “Pioneer Award” from the Electronic Frontier Foundation for her “significant and influential contributions to computer-based communications and to the empowerment of individuals using computers.” She was among the first to note that computer conferencing could form the basis of new kinds of communities. (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)
Date of prediction: November 1, 1992
Topic of prediction: General, Overarching Remarks
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Rights and Responsibilities of Participants in Networked Communities Computer science and Telecommunications Board National Research Council (NRC)
Title, headline, chapter name: A Normative View of Networking Applications
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.njit.edu/~turoff/Papers/dcgov.html
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