Many of the futurists who see a new day dawning are going to be disappointed by what they find at dawn’s early light. The notion that people who spend dozens of hours watching sitcoms every week and never read a newspaper will somehow be transformed into Renaissance men and women by the availability of new information services in the home seems overly hopeful, to say the least.
Predictor: Gomery, Douglas
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for Wilson Quarterly, Douglas Gomery writes: ”Many of the futurists who see a new day dawning are going to be disappointed by what they find at dawn’s early light. The notion that people who spend dozens of hours watching sitcoms every week and never read a newspaper will somehow be transformed into Renaissance men and women by the availability of new information services in the home seems overly hopeful, to say the least.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Community/Culture
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Wilson Quarterly
Title, headline, chapter name: In Search of the Cybermarket
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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