A lot of people will seek to make information prosthetics, but journalists need to think about amplification.
Predictor: Kay, Alan
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article he wrote for Editor & Publisher, George Garneau reports on “The Future of Print Journalism in the Digital Age,” a Cambridge, Mass., conference held in May and sponsored by Computer Sciences Corp. He writes:”Alan Kay, a computer scientist currently with Apple Computer and formerly with Xerox and Atari, … pointed out that all predictions are necessarily proscribed by the beliefs of prognosticators. ‘A lot of people will seek to make information prosthetics, but journalists need to think about amplification,’ he said. He urged the journalists, ‘Get a firmer hold on content, and make us techies do it.'”
Date of prediction: May 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Journalism/Media
Name of publication: Editor & Publisher
Title, headline, chapter name: Techies Meet with Journalists
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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