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    • … formed the basis of modern alternating current electric power (AC) systems, including the polyphase power distribution systems and the AC motor, with which he helped usher in the Second Industrial Revolution. Contemporary biographers of Tesla have regarded him as “The Father of Physics”, “The man who …

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    • … economic cycles and waves of innovation. These are intersecting forces that drive each other. But innovation is not just limited to business, technology, and science – it impacts all of our existence on this planet. Think about innovation in religion, philosophy, art, architecture, social structures …

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    • … to be afraid of new technologies, though once they become widely used, the fear subsides. The novel “Frankenstein”, written by Mary Shelley in 1818, warned of the dangers brought about by the Industrial Revolution. Many science fiction stories have been written based on the theme of man versus machine …

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    • … identification, data mining, cyber-warfare, and remote-controlled murder. The Jacobs School of Engineering at UCSD provides a publically financed research hub for scores of secretive private firms, mostly in the University City area, including Science Applications International Corporation, the largest …

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    • … written about, most influential person in the history of the world. One who taught that the greatest commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself. One in whom there is no male or female, no Jew nor Greek, no slave nor free. So then how about technology? Science itself is, at its core, a presumption …

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    • By HENRY KAMM, Special to The New York Times Not satisfied with a record of economic success and social development that is the open envy of the rest of Southeast Asia, Singapore is entering its 16th year of independent existence with ambitious plans for a “second industrial revolution …

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    • … and bourgeois. Venturi insisted this was not so, or at least that it was not avoidable. Modern architects borrowed forms, too; they were just too dim to recognize it. They were fascinated with 19th-century factories, he noticed, and continued parodying the forms of manufacturing technology well …

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    • … amassing data to data retention, from freakonomics to numerati. 2. Decentralization (DeCent) Since the dawn of the industrial revolution, most technologies have been moving towards centralization using economies of scale to create profits. The result of large centralized technologies has been …

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    • … amassing data to data retention, from freakonomics to numerati. 2. Decentralization (DeCent) Since the dawn of the industrial revolution, most technologies have been moving towards centralization using economies of scale to create profits. The result of large centralized technologies has been …

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    • … ’safe’ chip cards, from data mining to data breaches, from lawful to unlawful interception, from amassing data to data retention, from freakonomics to numerati. 2. Decentralization (DeCent) Since the dawn of the industrial revolution, most technologies have been moving towards centralization using …




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