A crystal ball was – at least at the outset – not required. A trip to the US in 1993 to “see the internet” left me in no doubt: the days of the daily printed newspaper were numbered. Once people learned about this thing they were calling the “world wide web”, there would be no going back. It might take 10 years, it might take 50, but it was clear that the future was digital. If that much seemed obvious, everything else was a mist of.
A crystal ball was â at least at the outset â not required.
A trip to the US in 1993 to âsee the internetâ left me in no doubt: the days of the daily printed newspaper were numbered. Once people learned about this thing they were calling the âworld wide webâ, there would be no going back. It might take 10 years, it might take 50, but it was clear that the future was digital.
If that much seemed obvious, everything else was a mist of incomprehension and wild futurology. My trip included a visit to the New York Times, which was betting heavily on cultural coverage, but didnât, on the whole, think news would work very well on computers.