[normloman]

Most of these naysaying predictions didn't come true, but a few did. Computers haven't replaced teachers and likely won't. E-commerce sites haven't replaced brick and mortar stores (though they have swallowed a huge chunk of their business) And I have never heard of anyone attending a virtual town meeting.

The author knew what was wrong with the internet in 1995, but couldn't imagine the solutions we'd invent in 2013.

[TillE]

And we're still a long, long way off from the "information superhighway" dream of the 90s. Wikipedia is good, but it barely scratches the surface of any area of knowledge.

There's nothing technically stopping that (except for copyright), but the fact remains that it hasn't really happened yet.

[periferral]

I think you are overlooking the same thing the author did in 1995. It just hasn't happened yet. There are also somethings where I expect a healthy equilibrium to be reached between online and physical.