Networking, by its very nature, leads away from rigid stratified structures and toward informal, lateral, socially supportive learning partnerships. All of us can learn enough to help someone else survive. Once this is understood by the goodhearted among us, the incredible power of networked, knowledgeable, caring people taking purposeful collaborative action may begin to effect world-wide change, transcending governments, cultures and religions.
Predictor: Odasz, Frank
Prediction, in context:The 1995 book “Public Access to the Internet,” edited by Brian Kahin and James Keller carries the chapter, “Issues in the Development of Community Cooperative Networks” by Frank Odasz, the director of Big Sky Telegraph, Western Montana College of the University of Montana. He writes: ”Networking, by its very nature, leads away from rigid stratified structures and toward informal, lateral, socially supportive learning partnerships. All of us can learn enough to help someone else survive. Once this is understood by the goodhearted among us, the incredible power of networked, knowledgeable, caring people taking purposeful collaborative action may begin to effect world-wide change, transcending governments, cultures and religions.”
Biography:Frank Odasz was an assistant professor of computing education at the University of Colorado and the director of Big Sky Telegraph, a popular community network of the time. He was widely known as a speaker on community networking and educational technologies. (Technology Developer/Administrator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Global Relationships/Politics
Subtopic: Creating a Smaller World
Name of publication: Public Access to the Internet (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Issues in the Development of Community Cooperative Networks
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 119
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne