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Back to the future (of 1994)

Danny Hillis · TED

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About

From deep in the TED archive, Danny Hillis outlines an intriguing theory of how and why technological change seems to be accelerating, by linking it to the very evolution of life itself. The presentation techniques he uses may look dated, but the ideas are as relevant as ever.

The talk

  1. Back to the future (of 1994) 19 min · TED's player

Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED1994
Speaker
Danny Hillis
Year
1994
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics, Biology, Computer science, Engineering, History
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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