How fast did you say?

Dan Kohn (dan@teledesic.com)
Sun, 2 Feb 1997 21:46:55 -0800


Rohit, you should forward this to TimBL.

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We all sense that technology is moving fast, but how fast exactly? In
this month's _Scientific American_ W. Brian Arthur takes a good shot at
answering that question, and the answer is: 10 million times faster than
biological evolution. His argument [20] isn't bulletproof but it is cer-
tainly thought-provoking. My thanks to Scientific American magazine for
their enlightened policy of posting the full content of each issue on
the Web at the same time as it hits the newsstand.

[20] <http://www.sciam.com/0297issue/0297wonders.html>