1982 Prediction of How Internet will Change Society

traceybryan recommended this 1 year, 6 months ago

Incredibly prescient forecast of the impact of the internet - or "videotex" as it's called in 1982. Fascinating stuff!

Catster recommended this 1 year, 7 months ago

Rather spooky how close this came to reality, although the timing is a little off.

zytechsolar recommended this 1 year, 8 months ago

So right, yet so wrong, too. And no mention of the word, "Internet," although it certainly existed. (Of course, the web didn't exist back then.)

waster recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

Where do we come from?
'The report warned that the new technology would raise difficult issues of privacy and control that will have to be addressed soon to ''maximize its benefits and minimize its threats to society.'' '

naamah18 recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

By far my favorite sentence: "The 'extended family' might be recreated if the elderly can support themselves through electronic homework, making them more desirable to have around."

Time to start pulling your weight, Grandma!

josephcohen recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

pretty cool