Gone are the hefty reference volumes compiled by an élite clasp of experts, and in their place is a democratized amassing of information from billions of sources, displayed and corroborated and corrected through wikis, forums, blogs, apps.
Satellites, ultramodern aircraft, electronic systems, human sources, cameras, imaging and electronic devices, and a host of other systems permit the amassing of information on a scale that was unheard of in the past.
Darwin not only worked out the theory, he amassed swathes of information to support it.' This point is backed by historian Jim Endersby.
In combination with ongoing warrantless wiretapping programmes and the construction of a gargantuan data storage facility in Bluffdale, Utah it seems the US government is serious about amassing huge amounts of information on its citizen's digital activities.
He remarked that it was pointless for each country to amass large amounts of information and intelligence but not to share that body of data to produce results.
Thanks to the internet, every intelligent person can amass the sort of information that used to need travel, networking, research assistants, access to power.
But he has carefully amassed a wealth of information that suggests Gonzales is less a conservative ideologue than a diligent subordinate whose only principle is abject fealty to Bush.
A charming and modest man who was friend to many other scholars of his age, du Cange amassed great amounts of information in many fields; he was well versed in languages, history, law, archaeology, numismatics, and geography.
Corporations can also amass a lot of information about people this way, including their work history, the projects they work on, who else they know in a company, and what kind of devices they use.
The most powerful of them, such as Amazon, Facebook or Google, will amass huge amounts of information and will form the central data banks for the knowledge economy.No less than companies, governments will have to consider what role they want to play in this new world.
If that's too abstract, I think that when governments amass this kind of information and unleash upon it computer algorithms that are trying to make predictions and judgments -- you know, who's dangerous, who might be a terrorist, who should we be more worried about?
