Anticipating The Future Through Texts: Visions

How does Michio Kaku develop the idea of future Internet intelligence in "The Intelligent Planet"? by comparing the Internet to a magic mirror by recounting the history of rapid Internet growth by describing the impending changes in other scientific fields by offering quantitative research about Internet funding

How does Michio Kaku illustrate the need for organization of the Internet in "Why No Policeman on the Block?" by criticizing the immaturity of Internet users by using Netscape's success as an example by detailing government funding for research by quoting Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft

Read this excerpt from "Why No Policeman on the Block?" Already, young computer nerds who have attempted to fill this curious vacuum by writing simple directories for the Internet have amassed fabulous fortunes overnight when their companies went public. Netscape's co-founder Jim Clark's fortune ballooned to an astonishing half billion dollars the day the company went public. (Clark reached billionaire status only eighteen months after starting his company; it took Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, twelve years.) Which is the most accurate summary of Kaku's argument? Young people interested in pursuing Internet-related careers are likely to accomplish financial success. The rapid success of Netscape's launch is proof that there is a demand for Internet directories. Internet commerce moguls, such as Jim Clark, will generate billions of dollars in profits for their companies. Innovative individuals, such as Jim Clark, will greatly assist the future of Internet efficiency.

Read this excerpt from "Choreographers of Matter, Life, and Intelligence." With these three fundamental discoveries, triggered by the quantum revolution, the DNA revolution, and the computer revolution, the basic laws of matter, life, and computation were, in the main, finally solved. What is the author's purpose for including this statement? to praise the impressive work of modern scientists to provide evidence that the age of discovery is concluding to give examples of federally funded scientific discoveries to criticize societies that fail to encourage science

How does Michio Kaku establish the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as an "Age of Discovery" in "Choreographers of Matter, Life, and Intelligence"? by describing the government support offered to scientists of the time by offering quantitative proof of people's improved health and lifespans by highlighting the social and religious developments of the era by listing the significant scientific developments of the era

Read this excerpt from "Choreographers of Matter, Life, and Intelligence." But the few wondrous shells and pebbles picked up by Newton and other scientists on the seashore helped to trigger a marvelous chain of events. A profound transformation occurred in human society. With Newton's mechanics came powerful machines, and eventually the steam engine, the motive force which reshaped the world by overturning agrarian society, spawning factories and stimulating commerce, unleashing the industrial revolution, and opening up entire continents with the railroad. Select the most accurate summary of Kaku's argument. Newton's scientific study transformed knowledge of the ocean and encouraged countless transformative inventions. Newton's discoveries led to the invention of machines and the beginning of an industrialized society. Newton's invention of the steam engine revolutionized transportation around the world. Newton's followers invented the machines that later stimulated factory productivity and success.

Read this excerpt from "Why No Policeman on the Block?" Any neophyte surfing the Net for the first time will be frustrated by the fact that it has no intelligence whatsoever; like a newborn baby, it is a blank slate. Worse, there are no rules or traffic cops, no regulations or even directory of the Internet. What is the author's purpose for including this statement? to prove that the Internet needs improvement to provide evidence that computer users are unskilled to criticize the federal control of the Internet to give a chronology of the Internet's evolution

Read this excerpt from "The Intelligent Planet." Instead of typing arcane codes and symbols into a web navigator and being flooded with fifty thousand incorrect answers, in the future we will simply talk to our wall screen or tie clasp and access the entire planet's formidable body of knowledge. What is the meaning of the underlined term? Internet search engine computer with Internet access Internet support technician outdated computer software

Read this excerpt from "The Intelligent Planet." Hawthorne . . . marveled that this mysterious substance called electricity could transmit signals across thousands of miles and make inert machines spring suddenly to life. What is the meaning of the underlined term? useless modern innovative inactive

Read this excerpt from "Why No Policeman on the Block?" Only in the last decade, with the ending of the Cold War, have these technologies finally been fully released to the public domain. What is the meaning of the underlined term? civilian researchers open society mass media unlicensed users