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I think Bowie's prediction for the impact of the internet was not too far off the mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaHcOs7mhfU https://www.youtube.com/watc
by willhinsa 4y ago
I think Bowie's prediction for the impact of the internet was not too far off the mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaHcOs7mhfU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaHcOs7mhfU
- paul7986 4y agoNapster came into existence in '99
- revolvingocelot 4y agoThe parent comment is 6 minutes, but the full 15 minute interview (about more the the internet) is worth it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLf6KZmJyrA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLf6KZmJyrA
- solomonb 4y agoHas Jeremy Paxman since then reflected on this discussion publicly?
- revolvingocelot 4y agoNo idea, sorry.
- drexlspivey 4y agoAlso check out Arthur C Clarke (author of the 2001 Space Odyssey) predicting internet connected personal computers and remote work in 1974 https://youtu.be/OIRZebE8O84 https://youtu.be/OIRZebE8O84
- blast 4y agoTwo years earlier, he dismissed it as "just a tool like a typewriter": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmxOq9STmQM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmxOq9STmQM, so it's interesting how he evolved. He does already say that he liked immediate feedback from comments about the show the night before, so the point about the audience was already there. This is consistent with Bowie's genius to be more an early adopter type than a visionary type. A hell of an early adopter.