History of Science and Technology Q&A (December 14, 2022)
Stephen Wolfram hosts a live and unscripted Ask Me Anything about the history of science and technology for all ages. Find the playlist of Q&A's here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa
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00:00 Start stream
00:55 SW starts talking
1:18 What is some history of thermodynamics you found interesting while working on your new project?
20:17 What is the history of mathematical rigor?
35:22 What's the history of chocolate? What technology allowed the creation of chocolate candies to become so popular?
36:51 In the history of computer architecture and software, who are the most important pioneers of parallel processing?
52:27 Did you ever use Xanadu's network communication/hypertext publishing technology?
54:18 Can you discuss the history of GNU?
57:12 How much more prevalent will cloud computing become in the future, as the need for computational resources is exponentially increasing compared to the cost-speed of processors?
1:03:37 Can you talk about the history of the public's perception of its own scientific literacy?
1:14:34 I think it also changed with the advent of memes, which made the most important subcultures swim up more easily than less important ones.
1:21:51 Will we go back to science illiteracy?
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