Governments that try to squelch the new information technologies to protect their monopoly on power, do so essentially at the peril of economic growth.
Predictor: Builder
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 research presentation, Christopher Kedzie, then a doctoral fellow at RAND Graduate School, discussed democracy and new technologies, quoting research by Builder (1993, p. 160). He writes: ”Governments that try to squelch the new information technologies to protect their monopoly on power, do so essentially at the peril of economic growth … ‘For nations to be economically competitive, they must allow individual citizens access to informtion networks and computer technology. In doing so, they cede significant control over economic, cultural, and eventually political events in their countries,’ (Builder, 1993, p. 160).”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: RAND publications online
Title, headline, chapter name: International Implications for Global Democratization
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.isoc.org/HMP/PAPER/134/html/paper.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney