Bill Gates warned in a television program of the future impact it would have on people, although they did not give it much importance.
Bill Gates He not only earned his fame for being one of the creators of Microsoft, one of the most successful technology companies in the world, but also for his innovative vision for the future of this field. And brilliant minds like the tycoon’s are usually two steps ahead of the rest.
Just as happened in 1995, when Gates participated in The Late Show, hosted by renowned interviewer David Letterman. There he was consulted about the success of Microsoft and his opinion on the state of the Internet and its future. The businessman, at that time not so well known, he responded confidently, although he was not taken seriously.
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What Bill Gates declared on The Late Show with David Letterman
In the television cycle, Letterman asked Gates: “What about the Internet? Do you know anything about it?”, to which the tycoon responded: “It became a place where people publish information, so that everyone can have their own home page, the companies are there, the latest information… It’s incredible what’s happening. You can create users and send emails to people.”
However, he noted reluctance on the part of the interviewer and the audience, so he added: “It’s easy to criticize something you don’t fully understand, that’s my position here. I remember a couple of months ago there was a big innovative announcement: on the Internet or in some computer business, they were going to broadcast a baseball game.” This is how Gates predicted, almost 30 years ago, the great impact that the Internet would have on the world and it was taken as a joke.
Source: Ambito
