The prediction, in brief:

Computers will no longer be a place to hide from girls or zits or lack of social skills, as it was for many of us.

Predictor: Liddle, David

Prediction, in context:

In a 1993 article for The New York Times, Steve Lohr writes about the 1993 PC Forum in Phoenix, quoting David Liddle, the president of Interval Reseach. Lohr writes:”Both the technology and its marriage with telecommunications, it seems, is bringing the industry out of its cocoon. ‘Computers,’ David Liddle, president of Interval Research, told the conference audience, ‘will no longer be a place to hide from girls or zits or lack of social skills, as it was for many of us.'”

Date of prediction: January 1, 1993

Topic of prediction: Community/Culture

Subtopic: Relationships

Name of publication: New York Times

Title, headline, chapter name: Here’s Where Woodstock Meets Silicon Valley

Quote Type: Direct quote

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=2035a9da69e64f92f3dca6d9324e3f93&_docnum=1&wchp=dGLbVzb-lSlAl&_md5=2c0543295581c2fdd4fc5dd129e9fdb3

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Pagano, Shawna