Author: Scotty Hendricks / Source: Big Think
- David Bowie was well known as a rock star, but somehow his other interests and accomplishments remain obscure.
- In this 1999 interview, he explains why he knows the internet is more than just a tool and why it was destined to change the world.
- He launched his own internet service provider in 1998, BowieNet. It ceased operations in 2006.
When you think of the brilliant minds who understood what a game changer the internet was going to be back in the ’90s, you probably don’t think of David Bowie. This is a shame, because Bowie had a keen interest in the early internet that showed his brillaince was not limited to the realm of rock and roll.
David Bowie’s vision of the internet yet to come
In a 1999 BBC interview, Bowie tells a skeptical Jeremy Paxman, “I don’t think we’ve even seen the tip of the iceberg. I think the potential of what the internet is going to do to society, both good and bad, is unimaginable.” When…
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