You want to learn how this equation is actually going to affect the real world.
Genetics offered an opportunity to use computer science to affect the real world, "as opposed to more theoretical computer science," he said.
You may start to think, why shouldn't gay people get married, what the hell, it doesn't effect me? "I hope that some of the culture that came out of games has affected the real world".
Digital tools and means of communication also profoundly affect the real world of agricultural and industrial production, the global circulation of goods, people and biomass, while also helping to inform macro-economic planning and political decision-making.
It is heartening to think of really smart people thinking hard about issues that affect the real world and trying to come up with solutions, even if they need a slug of salt juice to get there.
Given that the doubling of chip performance every 18 months (Moore's Law) has underpinned growth in the information-technology business for the past 40 years, anything that threatens to alter that blissful state could rewrite the rules of the industry.But do such arcane matters affect the real world?
The parallel for me is the 1990s web — it's just getting started... There's an order of magnitude more users, five billion people will be online in five years, and suddenly this actually has the ability to affect the real world... we want to make sure that we're building the blocks right".
"But there hasn't been any work that showed what happens online affects the real world".
She loves being able to affect the real world: saving a building, nominating a sacred property to receive federal protection.
Not only do users are involved in media/information sharing, they often also engage in activities which directly affect the real world such as elections.
The first one is recording the states and events of the real world into the databases, and the second one is doing some acts to affect the real world.
