Session 8
Episode 2(2)
- Electronic automation & computation
Thursday, May
21, 2015 - 5:30 PM
CQU Building,
Melbourne
The addition of electrons to the automation equation in the 1940's fueled
the hyperexponential evolution of technology that during my lifetime has
radically changed and today and tomorrow continues to change the nature of
humans and humanity.
- The revolutionary generations of electronic computer technolgy
- Introducing Moore's Law - a theme that will be returned to several times
in the remainder of the book
- Revolutions in the application of control (i.e., strategic power): from
manipulating switches to casting spells.