Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 13, 1994
November 12, 1994
November 14, 1994
Transcript:
Mike: (Hmmm. I sense someone watching me. Someone clueless!) Zonker: Hey, Mike! What's that, a computer? Mike: Hi, folks - Mike Doonesbury here! As you may know, there is a growing debate over the nature of economic opportunity in America. In an information-driven economy, society's class lines seem increasingly determined by knowledge and intellectual merit! More than at any time in our history, brains, not brawn, are key to economic success. Zonker: Wow...good thing I'm a college graduate! Mike: Will you be part of the new cognitive elite, you may be wondering? Will you make the cut? Zonker: Whoa...I know I'm curious. Mike: To find out, contact me at 72662.3023@compuserve.com Zonker: Hold it! What about those of us who don't know how to use a... (Uh-oh).
Ah. Compuserve, the cutting edge of the information age. Now just a brand owned by AOL, itself once perceived as being in the forefront of the new era, now buried in the scrap heap of history.
Fortunately, Zonker did learn to use email.