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Name: Harold Nestler
From: New Jersey
Bio: Not into technology; I do not have a computer; I do not use the internet.
Area of Expertise: Advocate/Voice of the People
Topic: General, Overarching Remarks
Headline: There are plenty of disadvantages to the internet
Nutshell: Has technology been worth all of the trouble it is causing? Probably not.
Vision:The internet is creating a new legal system. It will not make people any happier. It does not create more leisure time. Worst of all, it is vastly increasing the ability to commit crime.
The technology we have developed is going to be used against us by people who hate, and we don’t know how to stop them.
Is technology worth all of the trouble it has caused and will cause?
Know the disadvantages of the internet.
(Predictions Database Editor’s Note: This prediction was submitted by snail mail in a hand-typed letter from Mr. Nestler, and it was inputted to the database for him.)
Date Submitted: January 18, 2005
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