Surely storage and delivery systems will improve to where a movie could be sent to a home computer to be viewed at leisure. Surely the electronic book of the future will be wieldier than a laptop computer. Surely badly designed computers will go the way of the Edsel.
Predictor: Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for The New York Times, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt disagrees with some of the points made by Clifford Stoll in his book “Silicon Snake Oil,” a cautionary look at the impact of computers and the Internet. Lehmann-Haupt writes: ”Surely storage and delivery systems will improve to where a movie could be sent to a home computer to be viewed at leisure. Surely the electronic book of the future will be wieldier than a laptop computer. Surely badly designed computers will go the way of the Edsel.”
Date of prediction: May 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: General, Overarching Remarks
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: New York Times
Title, headline, chapter name: Books of the Times
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: Tencer, Elizabeth L.