Unless the Hispanics get involved with technology, they’re going to be more marginalized in the information age than they are today in the industrial age. They will be no better off than the immigrants who came in from Europe and lost their culture by moving into sweatshops.
Predictor: Hughes, Dave
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for The Denver Post, Dan Pacheco quotes Dave Hughes, one of the best-known bulletin board users in the United States at the time:”Unless the Hispanics get involved with technology, they’re going to be more marginalized in the information age than they are today in the industrial age. They will be no better off than the immigrants who came in from Europe and lost their culture by moving into sweatshops.”
Biography:Dave Hughes created the first free, modem dial-up, electronic democracy bulletin-board system in the world. It soon challenged and altered the way local city-wide politics were conducted. It was colorfully named “Roger’s Bar.” Within five years the world’s press had beaten a path to Hughes’ home to report on, and encourage others to adopt an entirely new model of “electronic democracy” Ð a model that could be adopted in any small town in America. Wired magazine said he was the best-known personality on the Internet in 1993. Microtimes Magazine named Hughes one of the 100 most influential individuals in the Computer Age six times between 1990 and 1996. (Pioneer/Originator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Digital Divide
Name of publication: Denver Post
Title, headline, chapter name: Grass Roots Go Electric: ‘Community’ is Getting Lost in the Shuffle
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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