If the world is split into those that are wired, and those that aren’t, we will continue to walk the razor’s edge of revolution and civil strife. If, on the other hand, we welcome the previously disenfranchised into the information age, and give them a voice along with ours, we can use this technology to unite the world – not in vying for market share, but with stories and art, celebrating the human experience.
Predictor: Hall, Justin Allyn
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 speech he gave at a Rand Corporation-sponsored conference titled News Industries & Journalism: Preparing for 2010; New Directions for News, Justin Hall makes the following statement: ”What’s important is that a broad range of people have access to the technology. If the world is split into those that are wired, and those that aren’t, we will continue to walk the razor’s edge of revolution and civil strife. If, on the other hand, we welcome the previously disenfranchised into the information age, and give them a voice along with ours, we can use this technology to unite the world – not in vying for market share, but with stories and art, celebrating the human experience.”
Biography:Justin Hall worked briefly at Wired in 1994, during a sabbatical from his college days at Swarthmore. He started his own irreverent e-zine, covering diverse topics and providing links all over the Web. He later worked for ZDTV and Games.com and as a freelance journalist. (Advocate/Voice of the People.)
Date of prediction: June 13, 1995
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Digital Divide
Name of publication: News Industries & Journalism: Preparing for 2010; New Directions for News
Title, headline, chapter name: Publishing Empowerment: Decentralizing Media for Human Potential
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.links.net/vita/speak/ndn/pubpower.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Goodrich, Barbara J.