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A startlingly bad prediction by a Nobel-prize winning economist particularly given it was stated in 1998 rather than a much earlier date when the potential of the Internet wasn’t already apparent. Ironically, the quote is from a Red Herring article he wrote titled “Why Most Economists’ Predictions Are Wrong” in which he asserts that most economists predictions are wrong because they overestimate the impact of future technologies. See related quotes for additional equally erroneous Krugman predictions.


This statement is often misquoted as Gore saying he invented the Internet. See related quote for context. Although it is difficult to argue the internet would not have existing without Gore, several Silicon Valley luminaries, including John Doerr, Bill Joy, Robert Kahn, Vont Cerf, and Scott Rosenberg, have praised Gore for his early understanding and promotion of the Internet.


Shiv Nadar
Shiv Nadar
  • Born: July 14, 1945
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Profession: Founder HCL Technologies, Founder SSN College Engineering, Founder Shiv Nadar University

Shiv Nadar (Tamil: சிவ நாடார்) is an Indian - Tamil billionaire industrialist. He is the founder and chairman of HCL Technologies Limited and the Shiv Nadar Foundation. Nadar founded HCL in the mid-1970s and transformed the IT hardware company into an IT enterprise over the next three decades by constantly reinventing his company's focus. In 2008, Nadar was awarded Padma Bhushan for his efforts in the IT industry. Nadar, nicknamed by friends as Magus (Old Persian for "wizard"), since the mid-1990s he has focused his efforts on developing the educational system of India through the Shiv Nadar Foundation. Ramanichandran, a prolific Tamil romance novelist is his cousin. He is the third richest person in India with a net worth of US$26 billion as of January 2021, according to Forbes.