Over time – let’s say five to 10 years – the Internet will essentially be free. Everybody gets connected to it and it just gets correspondingly much more powerful.
Predictor: Gilder, George
Prediction, in context:The following was taken from a transcript of a 1995 video interview of Marc Andreessen, conducted for the Smithsonian Institution by David K. Allison, curator of the division of information technology and society at the National Museum of American History. Andreessen paraphrases his version of George Gilder’s point of view: ”George Gilder’s answer to this sort of question is that over time – let’s say five to 10 years – the Internet will essentially be free. Everybody gets connected to it and it just gets correspondingly much more powerful.”
Biography:George Gilder was a pioneer the formulation of the theory of supply-side economics. In his major book “Microcosm” (1989), he explored the quantum roots of the new electronic technologies. His book “Life After Television,” published by W.W. Norton (1992), is a prophecy of computers and telecommunications displacing the broadcast-TV empire. He followed it with another classic, “Telecosm.” (Futurist/Consultant.)
Date of prediction: June 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Cost/Pricing
Name of publication: Smithsonian Institution Oral and Video Histories
Title, headline, chapter name: Marc Andreessen
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://americanhistory.si.edu/csr/comphist/ma1.html
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