Reflections on Interactive Cable Systems and the Forces That Affect Their Evolution

Information systems will always remain a subset of interactive communications systems. These physical networks will reflect the relationships between people and information. The element of surprise will always remain, however. Suppose that the recent work at the Stanford Research Institute in communicating straight from the brain to computer augmentation is continued and is perfected. This will lead to innovation in a new area of terminal equipment beyond the conception of most of us with our present orientation. To imagine a life in that mode is difficult from our present expenence. The future of interactive telecommunication systems will be one of continuing change bounded by behavior and not technology.