Talk:Information superhighway

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Did Gore coin the phrase?

Shouldn't this be at "information superhighway"? I never heard the "information highway" form, always "information superhighway". - furrykef (Talk at me) 19:00, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I agree. Google shows 1.4M hits for 'information highway', but 1.9M hits for 'information superhighway'. I too have never heard of 'information highway' in all the years I have used the net. Phil webster 10:25, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Merge with 'Internet'? Redwolf24 00:27, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I think it should stay its own article. The Information Superhighway was a fictitious concept that was too idealistic and never materialized. It represented people's imagination more than reality. —Sean κ. + 05:42, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Yeah, what a silly concept...shopping from home. That will never happen. --Al Gore

The term is inspired by Marshall McLuhan, who talked about superhighways of information. "the superhighways of thought and feeling" from p.22 of The Mechanical Bride.

[edit] Mathpower 8

My textbook has a (somewhat naïve and cute) couple of pages about this. Does anyone think that it could be worked into the article. I'll provide more info if you want. Alx xlA 21:13, 5 May 2007 (UTC)