One of the most remarkable aspects of this new communications technology is that it will eliminate distance. It won’t matter if someone you are contacting is in the next room or the next continent, because this highly mediated network will be unconstrained by miles and kilometers.
Predictor: Gates, Bill
Prediction, in context:In his 1995 book “The Road Ahead,” Microsoft CEO Bill Gates writes: ”The highway metaphor isn’t quite right … The phrase suggests landscape and geography, a distance between two points, and embodies the implication that you have to travel to get from one place to another. In fact, one of the most remarkable aspects of this new communications technology is that it will eliminate distance. It won’t matter if someone you are contacting is in the next room or the next continent, because this highly mediated network will be unconstrained by miles and kilometers.”
Biography:Bill Gates, the most influential technology entrepreneur of the late 20th century, was the primary author of the prediction-packed 1995 book “The Road Ahead” and is the founder and CEO of Microsoft Corporation. (Entrepreneur/Business Leader.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: The Road Ahead (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Chapter 1: A Revolution Begins
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Pages 5, 6
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