Internet is egalitarian for those who are on it; it is elitist for those who cannot use it or do not have access to it. Who will guide the broadening of access to Internet, while preserving its special character? Who is going to protect the public values in the information infrastructure? Who will protect the culture built in the Internet by the users who created it? How should the federal agencies advance the NII, and what provisions of policy should be incorporated?
Predictor: Branscomb, Lewis M.
Prediction, in context:The 1995 book “Public Access to the Internet,” edited by Brian Kahin and James Keller carries the chapter, “Balancing the Commercial and Public-Interest Visions of the NII” by Lewis Branscomb, director of the Program on Science, Technology and Public Policy at Harvard University and principal investigator of the Information Infrastructure Project. Branscomb writes: ”Internet is egalitarian for those who are on it; it is elitist for those who cannot use it or do not have access to it. Who will guide the broadening of access to Internet, while preserving its special character? Who is going to protect the public values in the information infrastructure? Who will protect the culture built in the Internet by the users who created it? How should the federal agencies advance the NII, and what provisions of policy should be incorporated?”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Community/Culture
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Public Access to the Internet (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Balancing the Commercial and Public-Interest Visions of the NII
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 29
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne