The Computer as a Communication Device
True today?
“First, life will be happier for the on-line individual because the people with whom one interacts most strongly will be selected more by commonality of interests and goals than by accidents of proximity.
Second, communication will be more effective and productive, and therefore more enjoyable.
Third, much communication and interaction will be with programs and programmed
models, which will be (a) highly responsive, (b) supplementary to
one’s own capabilities, rather than competitive, and (c) capable of representing
progressively more complex ideas without necessarily displaying all the levels of their structure at the same time-and which will therefore be both challenging and rewarding.
And, fourth, there will be plenty of opportunity for everyone (who can afford a console) to find his calling, for the whole world of information, with all its fields and disciplines, will be open to him - with programs ready to guide him or to help him explore.”
“The Computer as a Communication Device“, J.C.R. Licklider and Robert W. Taylor, 1968.