“Computers are going to be even bigger. TVs are one-way. You sit there and you watch it. Computers, you interact with.”

— Tom Clancy

1990s, Schafer interview (1995)
Context: I was one of the first generations to watch television. That's technology. TV is like any other kind of tool. TV exposes people to news, to information, to knowledge, to entertainment. How is it bad? Computers are going to be even bigger. TVs are one-way. You sit there and you watch it. Computers, you interact with.

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