In the globally-linked teleworking virtual judiciary of the future, the judge can be on the beach at Waikiki, the defendant at home in Auckland, his lawyer in Beijing, the prosecuting attorney in Paris, the clerk in Nashville, the probation officer in Pyongyang, the witnesses on the Moon, at L5, exploring life in the superhot plumes of an abyssal trench 40,000 leagues under the sea, climbing Mount Everest, between tennis matches at Wimbledon.
Predictor: Dator, Jim
Prediction, in context:In a 1993 article for Future Research Quarterly, futurist Jim Dator makes the following statement: ”The first future I want to you consider briefly today is one I call ‘Teleworking Global Justice.’ … In the globally-linked teleworking virtual judiciary of the future, the judge can be on the beach at Waikiki, the defendant at home in Auckland, his lawyer in Beijing, the prosecuting attorney in Paris, the clerk in Nashville, the probation officer in Pyongyang, the witnesses on the Moon, at L5, exploring life in the superhot plumes of an abyssal trench 40,000 leagues under the sea, climbing Mount Everest, between tennis matches at Wimbledon.”
Biography:Jim Dator was a futurist who is credited with founding the first Future Studies program in 1971. He has been director of the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies at the University of Hawaii. (Futurist/Consultant.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: Telecommuting
Name of publication: Future Research Quarterly
Title, headline, chapter name: American State Courts, Five Tsunamis, & Four Alternative Futures
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.futures.hawaii.edu/dator/courts/tsunamis.pdf
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