The coming revolution in information systems is going to change life for everyone – including the multitude who, by circumstance or choice, never use computers. It is imperative to develop mechanisms for involving all segments of our society in designing, evaluating and governing these new systems.
Predictor: Sclove, Richard
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 essay for Outlook section of The Washington Post, Richard Sclove and Jeffrey Scheuer write: ”The coming revolution in information systems is going to change life for everyone – including the multitude who, by circumstance or choice, never use computers. It is imperative to develop mechanisms for involving all segments of our society in designing, evaluating and governing these new systems. Data highway enthusiasts may see such measures as wasteful obstructions of market forces. But what entrepreneurs call ‘red tape’ is really democracy in action.”
Biography:Richard Sclove was founder and an advisory board member of The Loka Institute, a nonprofit organization in Amherst, Mass., dedicated to making research, science and technology responsive to social and environmental concerns. He is also the author of the book “Democracy and Technology” (1995). (Futurist/Consultant.)
Date of prediction: May 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Open Access
Name of publication: Washington Post
Title, headline, chapter name: The Ghost in the Modem: For Architects of the Info-Highway, Some Lessons From the Concrete Interstate
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.loka.org/alerts/loka.1.6.txt
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Taylor, Kellen L.