Videoconferences of all sorts will increasingly become alternatives to having to drive or fly to a meeting. When you do go somewhere, it will be because it is important that a particular meeting be face-to-face, or because something fun requires that you be there physically. Business travel may fall off, but leisure travel will rise because people be able to take working vacations, knowing they can stay connected to their offices and homes through the information highway.
Predictor: Gates, Bill
Prediction, in context:In his 1995 book “The Road Ahead,” Microsoft CEO Bill Gates writes: ÒVideoconferences of all sorts will increasingly become alternatives to having to drive or fly to a meeting. When you do go somewhere, it will be because it is important that a particular meeting be face-to-face, or because something fun requires that you be there physically. Business travel may fall off, but leisure travel will rise because people be able to take working vacations, knowing they can stay connected to their offices and homes through the information highway.Ó
Biography:Bill Gates, the most influential technology entrepreneur of the late 20th century, was the primary author of the prediction-packed 1995 book “The Road Ahead” and is the founder and CEO of Microsoft Corporation. (Entrepreneur/Business Leader.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Communication
Subtopic: Video Conferencing
Name of publication: The Road Ahead (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Chapter 8: Friction-Free Capitalism
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 179
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