Innovations such as the information superhighway will mean that “instead of just playing Nintendo after school,” children will be able to “plug into an electronic library.”
Predictor: Gore, Al
Prediction, in context:In a 1993 article in The San Francisco Chronicle, reporters cover an appearance by President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore as they unveil a $17 billion-dollar high-tech initiative. The article says:”At Silicon Graphics Inc., a fast-growing Mountain View [Calif.] computer graphics manufacturer, the Democratic leaders praised such companies for ‘making change their friend’ and said they were the nation’s best hope for creating high-wage jobs and easing the transition of the state’s hard-hit defense industry to civilian work … ‘In order to revitalize our economy, it is time for a dramatically new approach that recognizes the strength and potential of America’s scientific and technological resources to change and improve the quality of our lives,’ [Clinton] added in a detailed summary of the four-year high-tech spending plan that was released yesterday. Innovations such as the information superhighway will mean that ‘instead of just playing Nintendo after school,’ children will be able to ‘plug into an electronic library,’ Gore told more than 250 SGI workers … ‘He’s the first vice president who knows what the gesalt of a gigabit is,’ Clinton said.”
Biography:Al Gore, a former U.S. senator and vice president, made the future of technology an important part of his political agenda and was a leader in technology policymaking in the years before and during the Clinton Administration. Internet pioneers said his support had significant impact in the building of the U.S. network. (Legislator/Politician/Lawyer.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
Name of publication: San Francisco Chronicle
Title, headline, chapter name: Clinton Offers a High-Tech Plan: $17 Billion Initiative Unveiled in Silicon Valley
Quote Type: Partial quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=93ba266d0eaab96a8366112fb19ad7ef&_docnum=2&wchp=dGLbVlb-lSlAl&_md5=9c622a67109c69c3deec7b22f8596af7
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