As a higher share of the population gets wired, business will reshape itself to take advantage of the instant communication with customers the Net will provide.
Predictor: Levy, Steven
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for Newsweek, authors Steven Levy, Katie Hafner and Roger Adams write:”The components of the Net ethic are easy to identify: voraciously free expression, a drive for individual empowerment, a loathing for authority and a strong libertarian strain that actually welcomes commerce – as long as it follows the live-and-let-live spirit of the Net. Indeed, as a higher share of the population gets wired, business will reshape itself to take advantage of the instant communication with customers the Net will provide.”
Biography:Steven Levy was a 1990s technology journalist. He wrote on the topic for decades for such publications as Newsweek and Wired. He is the author of the books “Hackers,” “Artificial Life” and “Crypto.” (Author/Editor/Journalist.)
Date of prediction: December 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: E-commerce
Name of publication: Newsweek
Title, headline, chapter name: The Year of the Internet
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 26
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