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).