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[lianab]

This video really emphasizes just how technology based and driven our world is. At 1:39, it said that "if MySpace were a country it would be the 5th largest in the world." That is insane and really shows how reliant we are on websites like that. Another intriguing quote is from 0:57 talking about how students are being prepared for "jobs that don't exist yet using technologies that haven't been invented to solve problems that we don't know are problems yet." This is kind of a mind twister to think about the fact that I am currently learning things that could help me solve issues that don't exist yet. Another thing that the video stressed was just how much information people have access to today. At 3:21, it said that"it is estimated that a week's worth of New York Times contains more information than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century." I think that this is positive because with more information, people are able to most likely make better choices for themselves. I think that it's also negative because sometimes too much information is a bad thing. It can lead to unsatisfactory feelings over little things.

[rachelp]

This whole video was filled with fascinating facts that shocked me. One of the comments that took me by surprise was at 2:21. After stating that "there are 31 billion searches on Google every month", it asks the question, "To whom were these questions addressed before Google?" This got my brain churning. It makes me wonder how every-day people before Google got their information and how they got their work done efficiently. They probably had to look in an encyclopedia or ask a family member, but what if the info they needed wasn't there? I realize how lucky I am to live in a world with such a convenient source that tells me almost anything I need to know. Without it, completing a simple task such as doing my math homework or reading Shakespeare would be much more difficult. Another fact that has an impact on my life is: "By 2013, a supercomputer will be built that exceeds the computational capabilities of the human brain". This is less than two years from now! It is amazing that a machine can be built that is smarter than the person who built it. If regular people can afford this computer, it will be life changing. We will not have to do anything on our own -- the computer will do it for us! These supercomputers will be able to replace people and do their jobs for them. There will be no cashiers at the grocery store because they will be replaced by self-checkout systems. There will be no more accountants because the computer will help you with your taxes. This is, in a way, an amazing thing. Companies will save money not having to pay employees, and quick tasks like taking a trip to the supermarket will take even less time. On the other hand, there could be a job shortage and a lack of communication skills among regular people because there will be no one to talk to but supercomputers. Both of these quotes amazed me and I am excited but nervous for the future to see how technology continues to progress.

[tobih]

The biggest impact to the information this video gets across, to me, is the idea that a lot of the jobs that exist now won't exist soon. As the video notes, "The top ten in-demand jobs that existed in 2010 did not exist in 2004",the services that are in demand by the population are quickly changing. This is in part a result of the fact that technology that is being developed faster than ever before,
and communication and information sharing is increasing and getting easier. In fact, "Today, the number of text messages sent and received everyday exceeds the total population of the planet"(5:16) and ,as the video shows, anyone can find out basically anything with Google, which is being used more and more. All of this implies a lot for my future. Competition to keep up with what people will pay money for is going to increase, being able to adapt is going to be more and more critical. While technology that is being created is made to make life easier, the changes that are happening at an increasing pace are actually going to have the potential to make life very difficult.

[Julie O]

This video contained a lot of interesting information, mostly facts i was unaware of. It was very intriguing. One fact that really stood out to me was at :42, it said. "Translation: India has more honors kids than America has kids." This follows the stereotype that American's are stupid and Asians and Indians are very smart, and I thought it was interesting because that stereotype is just kind of known, but to see it in a concrete fact is more depressing. Another fact that stood out to me was "The amount of new technical information is doubling every two years, and for students starting a four year technical degree this means that half of what they learn in their first year of study will be outdated by their third year of study." Being a student myself and will be for the next 7 years, this fact is very important to me. Imagining all of the stuff I'm learning now could possibly be outdated by the time I'm in college or even just a senior in high school feels very strange to me and hard to fathom.

[emmaf]

Something that honestly just kind of freaked me out is the fact that India has more honor students then America has children. (At 0:42) That, to me, seems absolutely ridiculous, and makes me realize that however much land America may have, however powerful we may be, and however many times over we can blow up the Earth, we are small. We are practically miniscule. I've always felt like America, however it may be flawed, is this huge power house of millions of people all working together to be the biggest, to be the best. But I've been realizing lately that a lot of countries do what we do, except they do it better. And this is just another country doing another thing that has surpassed us. Also, at 3:41, there is the fact that the amount of new technological information is doubling every two years. That's just... incredible, I guess, is the only way to describe it. We are just going so fast. The pace is so bizarly fast that we can't even keep up anymore. Think about how ridiculous that is. The people who the flow was created for can't even process everything that it can tell us. Our culture is so fast nowadays, and sometimes I feel like we should just stop to smell the roses. Except now the roses are probably made out of pixels.

[harrisonb]

In my opinion, i think that texting would have been less popular than phone calls if texting was invented before the telephone. At 2:30, it states that, " Today, the number of text messages sent and received everyday, exceeds the population of the planet." I find this interesting but personally, i'd rather give someone a call. Even to ask them a quick question because i am too lazy to push some buttons and write a text message. It is so much easier to just talk as apposed to typing on a little keyboard. And for long text messages, don't even get me started, overall, it's easier to pick up the phone a call someone. Another fact that i feel impacts my life, is the fact explained at 2:06 where it says, "There are 31 Billion searches on Google every month." I feel like i really contribute to this fact because i have had many google searches in the coarse of a month. Google is the search engine that lead to anything and everything. It is so resourceful and it's amazing that it finds websites in a split second. This explains why google is the number one search engine in the world, forget about those others like, ask.com or bing.com; nobody cares about those. I found this video very intriguing, and i am glad i got to express my feelings about these great factual ideas.