Untitled Note v2
Cory Doctorow
is
frequently
fond
quotes xxx about predicting the social consequences of
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about predicting the social consequences of
technology.
Cars, drive-in
It
is one thing to predict the automobile, but quite another to predict drive-in movies
, sexuality.
and their explosive effect on teenage sexuality. And another thing still to predict that the licensing and identification requirements of the automobile would give birth to the database nation.
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A
The
genius
formidable
like
Arthur
Air C
. Clarke
Clarke
was
capable not only
of predicting but of inventing satellite communication. But would even he have predicted
but invented satellite communication. But would even he have predicted that one day
not only will this
technology be commonplace but getting your television this way would be
common
a
but
sign
that
of
getting your
television this way would signal your lower socio-economic status
.
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