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      • While most welcomed the new medium, the ever-wise David Bowie warned it should be met with trepidation. “I think the potential of what the internet is going to do to society, both good and bad, is unimaginable,” he told Newsnight host Jeremy Paxman.
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  2. Nov 20, 2022 · At the time, Bowie told BBC interviewer Jeremy Paxman that the internet seemed subversive to him, because society's wielders of power and influence didn't yet have a monopoly over it.

  3. Jan 12, 2016 · BowieNet came at a time when the internet was only slowly transitioning from curio to integral part of human existence, but it's clear Bowie saw this change coming.

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  4. Jan 14, 2022 · Verdict: False. The man featured in the video is an English comedian, not Bowie. Fact Check: The video allegedly shows Bowie, the famed singer who died of cancer in 2016, discussing in an interview how the internet would be used in the future.

  5. Jan 10, 2022 · A spoof video has been shared by several social media users as English singer-songwriter David Bowie predicting the future of the internet, social media, emoticons, targetted advertisements...

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  6. Nov 8, 2020 · Over 20 years later and it is hard to argue with the man. During the interview with Jeremy Paxman, a renowned journalist for the BBC, Bowie reflects on what the internet could do for the music industry in both potentially beneficial and harmful ways.

  7. Music icon David Bowie joins Jeremy Paxman for a discussion about his life in music. He explains the necessity that drove him to create Ziggy Stardust and hi...

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  8. Jan 16, 2019 · While most welcomed the new medium, the ever-wise David Bowie warned it should be met with trepidation. “I think the potential of what the internet is going to do to society, both good and bad, is unimaginable,” he told Newsnight host Jeremy Paxman.