Her er en samling teknologiske spådomme fra respektable folk, der siden viste sig at være knap så velvidende som de gav udtryk for.
“Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.”
Popular Mechanics, 1949
“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”
Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.”
Ken Olson, president of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
“This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.”
Western Union internal memo, 1876.
“Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?”
H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.
“We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.”
Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.
“Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau.”
Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929.
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