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Contemplating Roads Less Traveled, by Kevin Hunt
Bill's Vision, For Bill Only
Of course, forging a future vision based on the unique world view that past experiences
have fostered is understandable and indeed unavoidable. We
all do the same thing. But the difference between Bill and the
rest of us is this: as one of the most prominent figures in these
early stages of the information age, Bill carries a little more
weight than we do; certainly his vision will be influential in
shaping how communications technologies will touch our lives.
Unfortunately, throughout the book Gates gives no acknowledgement
of the other landscapes out there--no recognition that the
needs and knowledge, the dreams and desires, of the rest of us,
might not always mesh with his. Yet despite this lack of
recognition, he still tries hard to play the common man, casually
mentioning that the information highway will be
 an
equalizing, democratizing force.
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CMC Magazine / February 1, 1996
