In the end, the Sane Network is not going to emerge from some committee, but from all of us, by tossing up idea after idea and recognizing that 99 percent of them will be garbage, like so many youÕve heard this afternoon.
Predictor: Brin, David
Prediction, in context:In his speech “Gaia, Freedom, and Human Nature Ð Some Ironies on the Way to Creating the Network of the Future,” carried in the publication of presentations made at the 1992 Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) conference in Chicago, David Brin writes: ”In the end, the Sane Network is not going to emerge from some committee, but from all of us, by tossing up idea after idea and recognizing that 99 percent of them will be garbage, like so many youÕve heard this afternoon. But in the end, out of the dross, there will shine gold.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1992
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Thinking Robots, An Aware Internet, and Cyberpunk Librarians.
Title, headline, chapter name: Gaia, Freedom, and Human Nature Ð Some Ironies on the Way to Creating the Network of the Future
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 48
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