This landmark 1968 essay foresaw many future computer applications and advances in communication technology, such as distributed information resources and online interactive communities that are commonplace today as Internet chat rooms and peer-to-peer applications.
Originally published in Science and Technology, April 1968. Published on KurzweilAI.net November 9, 2001.
In a few years, men will be able to communicate more effectively through a machine than face to face.