[lame-robot-hoax]

He was correct about some things, but also largely incorrect as well.

> Visionaries see a future of telecommuting workers, interactive libraries and multimedia classrooms. They speak of electronic town meetings and virtual communities. Commerce and business will shift from offices and malls to networks and modems. And the freedom of digital networks will make government more democratic.

> Baloney. 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.

Telecommuting workers is reality. Interactive libraries are a reality. Multimedia classrooms have been a reality for over a decade. Electronic town meetings, maybe not, but virtual communities? Very much a reality. Malls are dead and brick and mortar has been hurt extensively by Amazon. Offices lay empty due to remote work.

Newspapers are largely dead, at the very least compared to what they once were. There is plenty of online learning, largely without in person learning. Computer networks have definitely changed how the government works.