WDW152H1 Lecture 5: Innovation Past and Future: From Writing to Big Data
12 May 2018
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Why is war a recurring problem?
Rise of global trade
International organizations
States
Nukes
Democracies
Why is the frequency of war declining?
Led to idea of owning other creatures / animals
Ownership / private property --> my land / my hard work
Development of Farming
Made books cheaper
Higher rates of literacy
Codified languages
Commodified information (information had a commercial value)
Enabled information to be retained more accurately, speeding up the
acquisition of knowledge
Revolutionized education
Diffusion of new ideas
Led to reformation, enlightenment, scientific revolution
Printing Press
Tech changes how our brains function
Describe data sets with size and complexity beyond ability of typical
database to capture, store, manage, and analyze them
Volume
Velocity
Variety
Big data
Lecture 2.5: Innovation Past and Future: From
Writing to Big Data
March 1, 2017
10:00 AM
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