The Internet was a vague notion in 1995, and David Letterman asks Bill Gates, “What the hell is wrong with this Internet? Do you know anything about him? ” "Of course," the billionaire replies amusedly. "It simply came to our notice then. Everyone will be able to manage a homepage, companies will have pages. It's a big deal. "
Now, after 26 years, Bill Gates has reviewed his 1995 book, The Road Ahead, and blogged, "I was obsessively thinking and learning about these things back then." In fact, he then predicted exactly the smartphones: “It will be about the same size as a wallet, which means that you will be able to carry it in your pocket or purse. It will display messages and programs and allow you to read or send e-mails and faxes, monitor the weather and the stock market, and play both simple and sophisticated games. At a meeting, you might take notes, check your appointments, browse information if you're bored, "wrote Bill Gates, 26 years ago.
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He also predicted that this "wallet PC", the current smartphone, will be secured with a biometric fingerprint, possibly a fingerprint, that you could use it to enter a concert or on a plane, that it will replace the payment with paper money and that he will tell you through his loudspeaker when to get off the highway.
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He also predicted that television would lose ground to streaming platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime or even Youtube. "No broadcast media we have at this time is comparable to the media we will have, as the internet evolves to the point where it has the broadband capacity to deliver high quality videos." , wrote Bill Gates.
"Another idea that is essential to The Road Ahead: technology would allow for an unprecedented social network," Gates wrote in 2021 in a blog post. "However, I did not anticipate how much people will choose to filter different perspectives and strengthen their own opinions," he said.
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