An Inauspicious Parallel; 1970
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- Identifier
- MS1133-0055
- Title
- An Inauspicious Parallel; 1970
- Description
- Richard P. Gifford's paper presented to the SPHEX Club explores the parallel between energy and information, drawing on historical trends, physical laws, and societal impacts. He discusses the increasing input and overload of information in modern life compared to energy consumption and warns of the potential negative consequences of an information-dominated society. Gifford highlights the need for tools to manage information overload and examines the future challenges of maintaining freedom and control in an information-centric world.
- Date
- 30 April 1070
- Creator
- Gifford, Richard P.
- topic
- talk
- lecture
- SPHEX Club
- Richard P. Gifford
- Gifford
- 1970
- communication technology
- information overload
- energy consumption
- conservation of information
- kinetic information
- potential information
- information revolution
- societal impacts
- freedom of speech
- censorship
- information tools
- Type
- Text
- Genre
- lectures
- Digital Format
- application/pdf
- Language
- English
- Repository
- George M. Jones Library Association
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Rights Holder
- Richard P. Gifford
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