Americans can harness this technology to: Create jobs, spur growth, and foster U.S. technological leadership; reduce health care costs while increasing the quality of service in underserved areas; deliver higher-quality, lower-cost government services; prepare our children for the fast paced workplace of the 21st century; build a more open and participatory democracy at all levels of government.
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: ÒAlthough the NII is not a Ôsilver bulletÕ for all of the problems we face, it can be make an important contribution to our most pressing economic and social challenges. This infrastructure can be used by all Americans, not just by scientists and engineers. As entrepreneurs, factory workers, doctors, teachers, federal employees, and citizens, Americans can harness this technology to: - Create jobs, spur growth, and foster U.S. technological leadership. - Reduce health care costs while increasing the quality of service in underserved areas. - Deliver higher-quality, lower-cost government services. - Prepare our children for the fast paced workplace of the 21st century. - Build a more open and participatory democracy at all levels of government.Ó
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: General, Overarching Remarks
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:
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This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne