Cyberspace is going to finish what Wal-Mart started. Interactive shopping via computer networks is going to put more traditional downtowns and more mom-and-pop stores out of business.
Predictor: Sclove, Richard
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for The New York Times, John Markoff quotes public-policy researcher Richard Sclove: ”Cyberspace is going to finish what Wal-Mart started. Interactive shopping via computer networks is going to put more traditional downtowns and more mom-and-pop stores out of business.”
Biography:Richard Sclove was founder and an advisory board member of The Loka Institute, a nonprofit organization in Amherst, Mass., dedicated to making research, science and technology responsive to social and environmental concerns. He is also the author of the book “Democracy and Technology” (1995). (Futurist/Consultant.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: Shopping
Name of publication: New York Times
Title, headline, chapter name: Staking a Claim on The Virtual Frontier
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Section 4; Page 5; Column 1; Week in Review Desk
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Taylor, Kellen L.