People could live almost anywhere they wanted, without foregoing opportunities for useful and fulfilling employment, by ÔtelecommutingÕ to their offices through an electronic highway. The best schools, teachers, and courses would be available to all students, without regard to geography, distance, resources, or disability. Services that improve AmericaÕs health care system and respond to other important social needs could be available on-line, without waiting in line, when and where you need them.
Predictor: Information Infrastructure Task Force
Prediction, in context:The 1995 book “The Information Revolution,” edited by Donald Altschiller, carries a reprint of the 1993 report of the Information Infrastructure Task Force. In ÒThe National Information Infrastructure: Agenda for Action,Ó members of the commission report: ”Development of the NII can help unleash an information revolution that will change forever the way people live, work, and interact with each other: People could live almost anywhere they wanted, without foregoing opportunities for useful and fulfilling employment, by ÔtelecommutingÕ to their offices through an electronic highway. The best schools, teachers, and courses would be available to all students, without regard to geography, distance, resources, or disability. Services that improve AmericaÕs health care system and respond to other important social needs could be available on-line, without waiting in line, when and where you need them.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Community/Culture
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: The Information Revolution (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: The National Information Infrastructure: Agenda for Action.
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Pages 9, 10
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne