You know we have people sleeping on the streets, and you talk about high-capacity networks? I mean if we are going to start talking about equal access, how about talking about food and residence and health care first? There isn’t enough public money to fund equal availability of an expensive infrastructure.
Predictor: Grove, Andy
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for BusinessWeek, Geoff Lewis interviews Intel CEO Andy Grove. When asked about providing network access to the disenfranchised, Grove tells Lewis: ”In a society like ours, where nearly 10 percent of the population doesn’t have health-care insurance, you’re talking about availability of high-capacity networks? Come on. You know we have people sleeping on the streets, and you talk about high-capacity networks? I mean if we are going to start talking about equal access, how about talking about food and residence and health care first? There isn’t enough public money to fund equal availability of an expensive infrastructure.”
Biography:Andy Grove was computer chipmaker Intel’s CEO from 1987 to 1998. He received much recognition for his tech achievements, including the 1987 Engineering Leadership Recognition Award from the IEEE and Time magazine’s Man of the Year for 1997. (Entrepreneur/Business Leader.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Digital Divide
Name of publication: BusinessWeek
Title, headline, chapter name: The World According To Andy Grove
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Business Week: Special 1994 Bonus Issue: The Enabling Technology. June 1994 Page 76 http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=6e350aa48e93e63465292e9b2da5b22e&_docnum=1&wchp=dGLbVlb-lSlzV&_md5=26368617b22bafcf9b58beff28792bce
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