Comments on: How many minds produce knowledge (and how they don’t) http://metamodern.com/2009/12/11/review-of-infotopia/ The Trajectory of Technology Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:14:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Incentive engineering v. Econ 101    (creativity, criminality, etc.) http://metamodern.com/2009/12/11/review-of-infotopia/comment-page-1/#comment-3279 Incentive engineering v. Econ 101    (creativity, criminality, etc.) Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:41:17 +0000 http://metamodern.com/?p=6312#comment-3279 [...] How many minds produce knowledge (and how they don’t)    Subscribe [...] [...] How many minds produce knowledge (and how they don’t)    Subscribe [...]

]]> By: Michael Nielsen http://metamodern.com/2009/12/11/review-of-infotopia/comment-page-1/#comment-2283 Michael Nielsen Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:48:31 +0000 http://metamodern.com/?p=6312#comment-2283 The LSST data is, I believe, on a slightly smaller scale than the LHC. So it should be quite manageable with the technology of 5-6 years from now. The LSST data is, I believe, on a slightly smaller scale than the LHC. So it should be quite manageable with the technology of 5-6 years from now.

]]> By: Eric Drexler http://metamodern.com/2009/12/11/review-of-infotopia/comment-page-1/#comment-2282 Eric Drexler Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:05:25 +0000 http://metamodern.com/?p=6312#comment-2282 ...and, of course, all the [biosomething]-omics, where the date sets are not only large, but also extraordinarily interrelated because they describe functional elements of highly integrated systems. Re. Kryder’s Law, I was reflecting the other day on a recent purchase — a disk drive with a million times the capacity of the first one I’d bought (and less expensive, too). As you note, this exponential progress has been a major enabler of the new large-dataset science. I’ve heard that plans for the data storage and processing system for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Synoptic_Survey_Telescope" rel="nofollow">Large Synoptic Survey Telescope</a> assume continued exponential progress between now and its 2015 completion date. …and, of course, all the [biosomething]-omics, where the date sets are not only large, but also extraordinarily interrelated because they describe functional elements of highly integrated systems.

Re. Kryder’s Law, I was reflecting the other day on a recent purchase — a disk drive with a million times the capacity of the first one I’d bought (and less expensive, too). As you note, this exponential progress has been a major enabler of the new large-dataset science. I’ve heard that plans for the data storage and processing system for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope assume continued exponential progress between now and its 2015 completion date.

]]> By: Patrick http://metamodern.com/2009/12/11/review-of-infotopia/comment-page-1/#comment-2273 Patrick Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:01:20 +0000 http://metamodern.com/?p=6312#comment-2273 Hmmm...I'll have to check this out. What it brings to mind for me is another recent book called The 4th Paradigm which raises the question of how researchers will (or won't) deal with the ever larger data sets that have become available (Kryder's Law gets far less notice than Moore's observation) via new instruments and new data collection techniques. I have a good sense of this for astronomy but wonder what happens with topics such as climate change or computational chemistry. Hmmm…I’ll have to check this out. What it brings to mind for me is another recent book called The 4th Paradigm which raises the question of how researchers will (or won’t) deal with the ever larger data sets that have become available (Kryder’s Law gets far less notice than Moore’s observation) via new instruments and new data collection techniques. I have a good sense of this for astronomy but wonder what happens with topics such as climate change or computational chemistry.

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