CMN 150V Midterm # 1 (Answered)

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CMN 150V Midterm # 1 (Answered) What is the difference between first and second part of the course? 1st looks at static snapshots of society 2nd looks at changing dynamics What paradigm underlines "c... omputational science"? the digital revolution In the late 1980s, how much of all technology stored info was digital and what percentage is it now? less than 1% -> 99% What does it mean that the amount of technologically stored info "doubles" every 2-3 years? each 2-3 years, as much is added to what we have accumulated since the very beginning What more is being documented? social reality Did the dna of all human cells store more or less info than digital tech in 2014? less What do evolutionary theorists say about the "Major transitions in evolutions"? every time we (life) came up with a new way of processing info, a major transition happened From this social evolutionary perspective, the digital and the biological are merged when... society as a whole has become indispensably dependent on digital technology The Scientific Method empirical(Darwin) theoretical(Einstein) analytical The 1st wave of scientific advancements focused on... a small number of interrelated varaibles T or F? Complexity is modeled with [Show More]

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