The concept of a worldwide network which enables its users to shop, chat, share info,… without the limitations of time or place is what we now call the internet. The video below features Jean D’Arcy who as the director of the Audiovisual Department of the United Nations in 1969 predicted the coming (and impact) of the internet.

The documentary was part of the television program ‘Eureka’ and features predictions of e-learning, video on demand, network gaming, online shopping & e-mail.

The documentary starts from the television as the main technology, but it becomes clear that this prediction goes beyond the limitations of television. At the end of the movie D’Arcy correctly indicates that this evolution needs its own name and that their is a great difference in the passivity of television and the active participation this new ’system’ needs.

UPDATE: I received a smaller English version of the movie from my Macedonian friend Darko.