The Many Ages of Information
The need for information has changed over the course of human history, which can be roughly divided into the following ages:
Stone Age- Agricultural Age - Industrial Age - Information Age
Compare the following considerations in information transfer from one age to the next:
- What were the means of communication during this time?
- What was the speed of the communication? What were the means of spreading the word?
- What was the size of the audience?
- How much information was transmitted in any one communication? (How big was the file?)
- What was the purpose of transmitting the information?
