Such a network could do for the productivity of individuals at their places of work and learning what the interstate highway system of the 1950s did for the nation’s travel and distribution system.
Predictor: Clinton, Bill
Prediction, in context:In an 1992 article for The Washington Post, Cindy Skrzycki covers the technology push being offered by the Clinton-Gore ticket in the presidential campaign, quoting Bill Clinton. She writes: ”‘I will give our vice president, Al Gore, the responsibility and authority to coordinate the administration’s vision for technology and lead all government agencies, including research groups, in aligning with that vision,’ Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton said in introducing his technology policy last month. The policy, which was put together after Clinton asked for proposals from a variety of experts in the business and academic communities, has six broad initiatives. No. 1 on the list is building what the campaign calls a 21st-century technology infrastructure. Clinton and Gore envision the government acting as a catalyst in encouraging the private sector to build an advanced national communications network that would allow the medical community, educators and students, the disabled, small businesses and ‘telecommuters’ to reach each other and plug into high-speed, interactive databases. ‘Such a network could do for the productivity of individuals at their places of work and learning what the interstate highway system of the 1950s did for the nation’s travel and distribution system,’ the Clinton-Gore technology proposal says.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1992
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Washington Post
Title, headline, chapter name: The Tekkie on the Ticket: Having Made Science a Specialty, Gore Would Reshape Federal Role in Technology
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=93ba266d0eaab96a8366112fb19ad7ef&_docnum=13&wchp=dGLbVlb-lSlAl&_md5=ae14be1183772c30ccb5b20e74a001cf
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