He also predicted some of the negative ____ CHARACTER of the internet.

Rampant commercialism and the invasion of privacy, for example, both of which many today view as ____ ACCEPT harmful consequences of our technological development.

The _____ (ACCURATE) of his vision was incredible.

He envisaged how information would become instantly accessible to anyone connected to the network, and he anticipated the amazing level of  ____ ACT that would arise in an online community.

We are _____ REPUTE still in the electronic age today.

In his next book, McLuhan described the world as a ______  GLOBE village – because the effect of international communication was to make the world a smaller place.

His name was Marshal McLuhan and in his first book, written in 1962, he explained how humanity will experience four _____ HISTORY phases, the last of which he called the ‘electronic age’.

Futurists make (predictions) PREDICT. But did any see the internet coming? There was one man who possessed such remarkable ____ FORESEE.