This weeks Worldly Philosopher, Gregor Semieniuk, discusses the - TopicsExpress



          

This weeks Worldly Philosopher, Gregor Semieniuk, discusses the trade-off between increased computing power and climate change. Undoubtedly the exponential increases in computing power have lead to tremendous improvements in human welfare and according to Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAffee these advancements come at almost no cost per additional unit, or marginal cost. But are these authors wrong to assert that increased computing power comes at almost zero marginal cost of reproduction? Information technology - and the information economy it fuels - is not energy-neutral...
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 15:00:01 +0000

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