Technology is transforming the face of democracy … With modern technology, vastly more is possible. We are moving to a full-blown network of two-way television, in which anyone can be an orator or inquisitor. The network offers the pamphleteer and soap box proselytizer not just a place in Speaker’s Corner but the whole of Hyde Park. It gives the man on the couch precisely the same chance as Dan Rather to raise his hand and say something rude when the President steps into the room.
Predictor: Huber, Peter
Prediction, in context:In a 1992 article for Forbes magazine, Peter Huber, a senior fellow of the Manhattan Institute, makes the following statement: ”For better or for worse, technology is transforming the face of democracy … With modern technology, vastly more is possible. We are moving to a full-blown network of two-way television, in which anyone can be an orator or inquisitor. The network offers the pamphleteer and soap box proselytizer not just a place in Speaker’s Corner but the whole of Hyde Park. It gives the man on the couch precisely the same chance as Dan Rather to raise his hand and say something rude when the President steps into the room.”
Biography:Peter Huber, a lawyer with degrees from MIT and Harvard, was a 1990s expert in telecommunications. (Legislator/Politician/Lawyer.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1992
Topic of prediction: Global Relationships/Politics
Subtopic: Democracy
Name of publication: Forbes
Title, headline, chapter name: Telephone Democracy
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web14.epnet.com/citation.asp?tb=1&_ug=dbs+1+ln+en%2Dus+sid+21373427%2D696C%2D4C22%2D8950%2D24281E7EBCC9%40sessionmgr5+D494&_us=bs+Peter++Huber+ds+Peter++Huber+dstb+KS+hd+0+hs+0+or+Date+ri+KAAACBWB00018850+sm+KS+so+b+ss+SO+3B20&cf=1&fn=41&rn=46
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