The Internet, with its open, distributed structure, was designed to withstand a nuclear attack. If it can do that, it can withstand corporate America.
Predictor: Shell, Barry
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for New Scientist, Joe Flower quotes science writer Barry Shell. Flower writes: ”Science writer Barry Shell, though a critic of corporate intrusion on the Net, is not too worried [about the Internet becoming one big cybermall and compromising its open spirit]: ‘The Internet, with its open, distributed structure, was designed to withstand a nuclear attack. If it can do that, it can withstand corporate America.'”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Role of Govt./Industry
Name of publication: New Scientist
Title, headline, chapter name: Idiot’s Guide to the Net: From Boston’s Cyberbars to Siena’s Schoolrooms, Some of the Frequently Asked Questions About the Network that Connects Us All
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 2222
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney