1981 Predictions for the Future of the Newspaper
February 2, 2009 by Colleen Coplick
Filed under Social Media
Proving the adage that if something is important, it’ll come bubbling back up to your attention, is this video, that appeared at first on TechCrunch. I saw the headline ("You Need to See This Video"), but it didn’t make me want to click through (hrm – something to note – give your posts descriptive titles that are sure to interest people!), but then when it popped up again on Eat, Sleep, Publish, I sat down to watch it.
And now, I give you, 1981’s prediction for the future of the newspaper:
Wow. Just… wow. Like Eat, Sleep, Publish, I just don’t even know where to begin. To think about what they predicted and what the reality is now, is just astonishing. Thoughts?
Back to the future!
Here I am, sitting 10,000 miles away and typing this knowing that under 2/3rds of a second it will be viewable by users of this site. Many things predicted earlier and now being with valid data are possible but just a view years away. Like settling on the moon. :-)