The broader and perhaps more dramatic social impact of the hyperlearning revolution will be the large-scale displacement of traditional “employment” by a new form of human capitalism in which ownership of intellectual capital progressively replaces labor.
Predictor: Perelman, Lewis J.
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article he wrote for Wired magazine, Lewis J. Perelman addresses the future of education in an age of digital networks in the form of an open letter to the nation’s information industry executives. He writes: ”The broader and perhaps more dramatic social impact of the hyperlearning revolution will be the large-scale displacement of traditional ’employment’ by a new form of human capitalism in which ownership of intellectual capital progressively replaces labor. This development dooms political promises of ‘jobs, jobs, jobs’ to inevitable disappointment; but it also opens a hopeful new path to economic security.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Community/Culture
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Wired
Title, headline, chapter name: School’s Out: The Hyperlearning Revolution Will Replace Public Education
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1.01/hyperlearning_pr.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney