Eventually, the Third Wave will affect virtually everything the government does. The most pressing need, however, is to revamp the policies and programs that are slowing the creation of cyberspace É If there is to be an industrial policy for the knowledge age it should focus on removing barriers to competition and massively deregulating the fast-growing telecommunications and computing industries.
Predictor: Dyson, Esther
Prediction, in context:The 1995 book “The Information Revolution,” edited by Donald Altschiller, carries a reprint of the Fall 1994, New Perspectives Quarterly article “Magna Carta for the Knowledge Age,” by social critics Esther Dyson, George Gilder, Jay Keyworth and Alvin Toffler. They write: ÒEventually, the Third Wave will affect virtually everything the government does. The most pressing need, however, is to revamp the policies and programs that are slowing the creation of cyberspace É If there is to be an industrial policy for the knowledge age it should focus on removing barriers to competition and massively deregulating the fast-growing telecommunications and computing industries.Ó
Biography:Esther Dyson was founding editor of Release 1.0 and a consultant and expert on computing and high-tech applications. She served as the president of EDventure Holdings. She founded the PC Forum, an annual conference and industry event. She had the highest profile of the women of technology in the 1990s. (Futurist/Consultant.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Role of Govt./Industry
Name of publication: The Information Revolution (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Magna Carta for the Knowledge Age
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 57
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