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Hilarious article in Newsweek from 1995 about how the internet is going to fail.

There’s literally nothing the article gets right.  Money quote:

Do our computer pundits lack all common sense? The truth in no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works.

3 March 2010 ·

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    The prequel: Famous misquote of Thomas Watson President of IBM Although Watson is well known for his alleged 1943...
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    Ah, this article - seriously, how horrendous. The fact that it’s posted online doesn’t help its premise out a lot...
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    Another fantastic quote: “Nicholas Negroponte, director of the MIT Media Lab, predicts that we’ll soon buy books and...
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    The only way to stay safe from ever being called out on being wrong about something is to either be psychic or keep your...
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    Oh, I love it. I love it hard.
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    Enh, the thing about putting your opinion out there is that even if you’re incredibly smart, you’re still going to be...
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    In Norway we had a guy predicting the Internets demise from 1996 to 1999.
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