Elon University
The prediction, in brief:

The Internet is evolving like a neural network, eventually to mind-meld the intellect, curiosity, creativity and commerce of businesses and consumers alike.

Predictor: Crisci, Paul

Prediction, in context:

In a 1995 article he wrote for Red Herring, Paul Crisci writes: ”The Internet will soon be the network of choice for electronic commerce among businesses and consumers. With secure E-money, enhanced reliability, interactive multimedia and higher-bandwidth imminent, this market segment is poised to lift off. Not channeled, as the inapt information-highway metaphor would imply, the Internet is evolving like a neural network, eventually to mind-meld the intellect, curiosity, creativity and commerce of businesses and consumers alike.”

Date of prediction: January 1, 1995

Topic of prediction: Economic structures

Subtopic: E-commerce

Name of publication: Red Herring

Title, headline, chapter name: The Internet Is Much More Than An Information Highway

Quote Type: Direct quote

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.redherring.com/mag/issue25/more.html

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Stotler, Larry