Temporary labor markets will emerge É As corporations continue to downsize and move toward “virtual” corporations, more and more of the workforce will contract on a job basis using this sort of electronic market.
Predictor: Barker, Ben
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 Ben Barker, the senior vice president and chief technology officer at Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN). In 1969, he designed the hardware interfaces for ARPAnet. Anthes quotes Barker saying: ÒTemporary labor markets will emerge É As corporations continue to downsize and move toward ÔvirtualÕ corporations, more and more of the workforce will contract on a job basis using this sort of electronic market.Ó
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: Employment
Name of publication: The Information Revolution (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: The History of the Future
Quote Type: Direct quote
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