by Amy Bruckman et al., interviewed by Herb Brody

About the authors: Herb Brody is a senior editor for Technology Review. Amy Bruckman is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology doctoral student. Michael Dertouzos directs MIT’s Laboratory for Computer Science. Robert Domnitz is a telecommunications industry expert in the Massachusetts Executive Office of Economic Affairs. Nathan Felde is executive director of video information service development at the NYNEX Science and Technology Center in Cambridge. Mitchell Kapor is chairman and cofounder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation advocacy group and founder of Lotus Development Corporation. Martyn Roetter is a vice president and market researcher at Decision Resources in Waltham, Massachusetts. Michael Schrage is a Los Angeles Times columnist and a research associate at MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

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