newt minow spoke in may 1961 about the new communications technologies of his day. broadcast tv, what we now call cable tv and satellite communications. they were all discussed in this speech, and his overriding message was that these technologies offer new opportunities to do good, and to do the opposite. and he spoke about how our obligation as a society was to seize the positive opportunities new communications technology, to harness the power of technology for the benefit of all people, to advance the causes of prosperity and freedom, to educate and inform, to help our children fulfill their potential, to help our great nation to a bright future. and to do these things at home and around the world. newt minow spoke in that speech in 1961 of, this is a quote, the technological knowledge makes it possible as the president has said, not only to destroy our world but to destroy poverty around the world. his speech explicitly imagines a future where new communication technologies will tie together, and these are quotes, tied together indian in india, chicago and the