Word: wicklein
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...believe that they can lead to a diversity of ideas, help us to make informed choices, and seduce us into public awareness," Wicklein said...
...Wicklein described technological advances in broadcasting around the world, including the two-way Qube system in Columbus, Ohio; the British Pentel system, which uses telephone lines to connect home television sets to data banks; and communications satellites...
...Wicklein warned against censorship by the government as well as by private corporations...
...prevent these abuses, Wicklein said, is to separate control of technology from control of content...
Through a Qube system, a computer, according to Wicklein, can know "your political views, your consuming habits, your indebtedness, even how often you view porno movies" and sell this information to "anyone in the world...