2. the thing about predictions... IMG SRC: Flickr

3. "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949

4. "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943

5. "640K ought to be enough for anybody." Bill Gates, 1981 apocryphal

6. "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977

17. ...and media?

23. IMG SRC: WANN

24. ...other developments

26. Forget capitalism and the class struggle... the digital revolution is changing things far more dramatically than the hypemongers ever imagined... the move from a society dominated by print and broadcast mass media to the age of interactivity is at least as dramatic as the move from feudalism to capitalism. Netocracy, by Jan Söderqvist and Alexander Bard (2001) IMG SRC: Flickr

27. Driven by internet and mobile communications, networks are turning into the major means of doing business ... Simply put, networks will make the world go round. So controlling the networks of this world will soon count for more than controlling the capital. Netocracy, by Jan Söderqvist and Alexander Bard (2001)

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