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Computer technologies have played a huge role in acceleration with examples like facebook and twitter having so many users people use the computer to connect through many ways.

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2013-01-22 02:54:38 UTC

The iPhone shows accelerating change.. you can do so many things on it

Linear growth is when every 10 years or so we keep making new stuff, exponential is when over a big preiod of time with nothing that new we create something that makes a huge difference

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maps were not computerized 50 years ago

2013-01-22 03:00:53 UTC

50 years ago we had typewriters

2013-01-22 03:03:36 UTC

50 years ago cash was handled by people always. not atm machines

2013-01-22 03:05:23 UTC

10 years ago books were on paper. not Kindles

2013-01-22 03:07:17 UTC

At school presentations were done on a white board, not with a powerpoint 10 years ago

2013-01-22 03:09:43 UTC

At a casino gambling was controlled by a dealer not a machine

email speeds things up, you used to have to write letters to communicate with people far away

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You can download music, movies, and tv shows on itunes. It speeds up what people want to hear and see because you used to have to go all the way to the store to buy a cd now you can buy it on itunes