The network makes it possible to have complex relationships with individuals and groups of people all over the globe. The workplace and even the home may not be the focal point of oneÕs social interactions. Virtual corporations will come into existence on a regular basis. None of these changes will be trouble-free.
Predictor: Crocker, Stephen
Prediction, in context:The 1995 book “The Information Revolution,” edited by Donald Altschiller, carries a reprint of a 1994 Computerworld article ÒThe History of the Future,Ó by senior editor Gary H. Anthes. Anthes interviewed more than a dozen pioneers of ARPAnet, forerunner to todayÕs Internet, including Stephen Crocker, the vice president at Trusted Information Systems, Inc. A graduate student at UCLA in 1969, Crocker helped design the original suite of protocols for the ARPAnet. Anthes quotes Crocker saying: ÒThe network makes it possible to have complex relationships with individuals and groups of people all over the globe. The workplace and even the home may not be the focal point of oneÕs social interactions. Virtual corporations will come into existence on a regular basis. None of these changes will be trouble-free.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Community/Culture
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: The Information Revolution (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: The History of the Future
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 44
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