Toothfish has just been reading The Book of Lists Two published in 1980. In one mini-chapter called Six Outrageous Plans which never Happened it talks about a thing called The Wired Nation. In his book, The Shadow Presidents, author Michael Medved relates the extreme disappointment of H.R.Haldane over his failure in the seventies to implement his plan to link up all the homes in America using coaxial cable. In Haldemans own words - There would be two way communication. Through computer you could use your television set to order up whatever you wanted. The morning paper,entertainment services,shopping,sports coverage and public events... One can almost see the dreamy eyes of Nixon and Haldeman as they sat round discussing a plan that would eliminate the need for newspapers, seemingly oblivious to its Big brother aspects. Fortunately the Watergate scandal(1972) intervened and Nixon was forced to resign before The Wired Nation could be hooked up. Phew!
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 08:32:22 +0000
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