The information is going to get in. Some bureaucrat gatekeeper isn’t going to be able to sit there like Maxwell’s demon and let only the “good stuff” in.
Predictor: Lee, Bart
Prediction, in context:In a 1993 article for Wired magazine, Sandy Sandfort covers the possibilities the Internet brings to the nation of Singapore, quoting Bart Lee, a San Francisco attorney. Sandfort writes: ”Other observers see things differently. ‘If a government – and this certainly includes Singapore – cannot withstand truth, truth becomes subversive to it,’ says Bart Lee (the Irish branch of the Lee clan), a San Francisco attorney and professor who specializes in transnational litigation. ‘The information is going to get in. Some bureaucrat gatekeeper isn’t going to be able to sit there like Maxwell’s demon and let only the “good stuff” in.'”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Global Relationships/Politics
Subtopic: Third-World Nations
Name of publication: Wired
Title, headline, chapter name: The Intelligent Island: We Asked Sandy Sandfort to Tell Us Whether Technology Will Ultimately Liberate the Intelligent Island
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1.04/sandfort_pr.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney