Related commentaries – Prediction

God’s Challenge to The Idols – Isaiah 41:17 – 41:29

Predictions That Underestimated Vision

Consider these famous predictions that underestimated the incredible power of vision:

•  Ken Olson, president and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation said in 1977, “There is no reason why anyone would want a computer in their home.”
•  Consider this Western Union memo from 1876: “The Telephone has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication."
•  Or consider the words of Decca Recording company, when they turned down signing the Beatles in 1962: “We don’t like their sound and guitar music is on the way out."
(Charles Duell, commissioner of the U.S. Office of Patents said this in 1899).