No matter how often we upgrade our desktops’ memory and processing capacity, we will never match the exponential growth in the power, capacity and utility of the Internet. Gilder calls this “the hollowing out of the computer.”
Predictor: Gilder, George
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article in B.C. Business magazine, the author quotes George Gilder’s comments from his recently published article “The Coming Software Shift.” The article says: ”Gilder argues in his recently published article ‘The Coming Software Shift’ that the future in desktops is no match for the Internet. No matter how often we upgrade our desktops’ memory and processing capacity, we will never match the exponential growth in the power, capacity and utility of the Internet. Gilder calls this ‘the hollowing out of the computer.'”
Biography:George Gilder was a pioneer the formulation of the theory of supply-side economics. In his major book “Microcosm” (1989), he explored the quantum roots of the new electronic technologies. His book “Life After Television,” published by W.W. Norton (1992), is a prophecy of computers and telecommunications displacing the broadcast-TV empire. He followed it with another classic, “Telecosm.” (Futurist/Consultant.)
Date of prediction: December 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Pipeline/Switching/Hardware
Name of publication: B.C. Business Magazine
Title, headline, chapter name: All Power to the Network
Quote Type: Partial quote
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