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Join today's session to explore the impact of inventions and inflection points on society. Evaluate technology's influence and learn about creative destruction. Exciting topics and assignments await!
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COMP 381 Introduction9January
Today’s agenda • Attendance and introductions • Wait List • What will the course entail? • http://www.cs.unc.edu/Courses/comp381-s14 • Structure • Assignments: Service Learning Requirement • Topics • Inventions, inflection points, and GCDs
Inflection Points • A bend or change in the course or direction • What inventions have created inflection points in man’s history?
Evaluating Technology • What were the positive and negative impacts of those inventions?
Gales of Creative Destruction • Economic View of Inflection Points • James Schumpeter • http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/CreativeDestruction.html