The future of cyberspace is not really about technology. Although it will obviously continue to develop, the essential technology is already here in one form or another. The thing we have to start recognizing is that cyberspace must be content-driven rather than technology-driven.
Predictor: Schremp, Rick
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for the journal Government Technology, Blake Harris takes a look at the future of the Internet, quoting Rick Schremp of the University of Colorado. Harris writes:”‘In the final analysis, the future of cyberspace is not really about technology. Although it will obviously continue to develop, the essential technology is already here in one form or another,’ said Rick Schremp of the government technology project at the University of Colorado. ‘The thing we have to start recognizing is that cyberspace must be content-driven rather than technology-driven.'”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Government Technology
Title, headline, chapter name: Cyberspace 2020
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
www.govtech.net/publications/gt/1995/oct/cyberspa.phtml
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney