Unveiling Inflection Points in History: COMP 381 Introduction
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!
Unveiling Inflection Points in History: COMP 381 Introduction
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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