It’s hard to change information in books, but if we have everything online, then a somewhat untrustworthy group of people controlling the thing – which is what I think is what we have – gives us 1984.
Predictor: Kay, Alan
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for Wired magazine, Kevin Kelly and Steven Levy quote Alan Kay, a man who pioneered the concept of a graphical user interface, led research at Xerox PARC, and at this point in time was a fellow at Apple Computer. Kay says: ”It’s hard to change information in books, but if we have everything online, then a somewhat untrustworthy group of people controlling the thing – which is what I think is what we have – gives us 1984.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Wired
Title, headline, chapter name: Kay + Hillis: Wired Brings Together Two Legendary Minds: Alan Kay and Danny Hillis
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.01/kay.hillis_pr.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney