In the best case, says Mitch Kapor, we could collectively invent a new entertainment medium, one that taps the creative energies of a nation of midnight scribblers and camcorder video artists. “In the worst case we could wind up with networks that have the principal effect of fostering addiction to a new generation of electronic narcotics.”
Predictor: Kapor, Mitchell
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for Time magazine, Philip Elmer-DeWitt quotes Mitch Kapor. Elmer-DeWitt writes: ”How these design issues are decided in the months ahead could change the shape of cyberspace. Will it be bottom up, like the Internet, or top down, like broadcast television? In the best case, says Mitch Kapor, cofounder (with John Perry Barlow) of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, we could collectively invent a new entertainment medium, one that taps the creative energies of a nation of midnight scribblers and camcorder video artists. ‘In the worst case,’ he says, ‘we could wind up with networks that have the principal effect of fostering addiction to a new generation of electronic narcotics.'”
Biography:Mitchell Kapor founded the Lotus Development Corporation and also founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation with WELL (Whole Earth ‘Lectronic Link) members John Perry Barlow and John Gilmore in 1990 in direct response to a threat to free speech. He was an outspoken supporter of open access to the Internet, and was asked to speak in many venues about the issue, including Congressional hearings. (Pioneer/Originator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: General, Overarching Remarks
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Time
Title, headline, chapter name: Welcome to Cyberspace: What is it? Where is it? And How Do We Get There?
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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