Internet Optimists vs. Pessimists
Are You An Internet Optimist or Pessimist? The Great Debate over Technology’s Impact on Society. Adam Thierer discusses two distinct approaches to understanding and debating current technological advances and gives some examples of current thought leaders who fall in one of two camps, technophiles and technophobes. Going through his list of cultural / social beliefs and economic / business beliefs, i find it interesting that i’m more of an internet pessimist where culture and society are concerned and that i’m more of an internet optimist where economy and business are concerned.
Prescience
So you know: Nicola Tesla predicted the Blackberry in 1909 (read the original article) and Robert Sloss predicted the iPhone in 1910…
