This [the NREN] represents a great example of how industry and government can work together to develop a key technology needed for the effective use of a national network of data super-highways soon to be in place.
Predictor: Gore, Al
Prediction, in context:In a 1990 article for The New York Times, John Markoff quotes Sen. Al Gore, D-Tenn., regarding a plan to have the National Science Foundation develop an advanced computer network. Markoff writes: ”‘This [the NREN] represents a great example of how industry and government can work together to develop a key technology needed for the effective use of a national network of data super-highways soon to be in place,’ said Senator Albert Gore Jr., Democrat of Tennessee. ‘It’s not a huge amount of money, but it will provide a great many useful applications for the network.'”
Biography:Al Gore, a former U.S. senator and vice president, made the future of technology an important part of his political agenda and was a leader in technology policymaking in the years before and during the Clinton Administration. Internet pioneers said his support had significant impact in the building of the U.S. network. (Legislator/Politician/Lawyer.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1990
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: New York Times
Title, headline, chapter name: Computer Project Would Speed Data
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=57dfe5986590a88efd3e7466eab9b647&_docnum=26&wchp=dGLbVlb-lSlAl&_md5=e31f6cd38824d33915a6e7061c1622b4
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Fedders, Peter J.