Presented at the academy of science on May 20, 2008

1. The snowflake effect
Erik Duval
K.U.Leuven & ARIADNE
http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd
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3. http://www.slideshare.net/erik.duval
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4. The future has already arrived.
It's just not evenly distributed yet.
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5. als je stuk papier 50 maal vouwt,
hoe dik is resultaat dan?
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6. als je stuk papier 50 maal vouwt,
hoe dik is resultaat dan?
ongeveer afstand tot de zon...
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7. als je stuk papier 50 maal vouwt,
hoe dik is resultaat dan?
ongeveer afstand tot de zon...
http://www.worldpopulationbalance.org/pop/stats.php
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9. 6 http://www.juliantrubin.com/computerjokes.html

10. 7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing

11. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test
7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing

12. waarom?
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13. waarom?
overvloed
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14. abundance in music
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15. food abundance in music
travel
content
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media
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17. > 2.000.000.000 images

19. Jan 2008:
80.000.000 gebruikers
3.000.000.000 videos

25. >5000
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26. Open
Educational
Resources
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27. Open
Educational
Resources
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28. Searchability
http://globe-info.org/
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30. Do numbers matter?
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31. Do numbers matter?
http://www.thelongtail.com/
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32. from scarcity to abundance
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33. from scarcity to abundance
a “better
problem”
paradox of
choice
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49. snowflake in music...
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50. snowflake in music...
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51. snowflake in music...
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52. snowflake in music...
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53. snowflake in music...
nice bootstrapping, too!
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54. snowflake in music...
nice bootstrapping, too!
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55. snowflake in music...
nice bootstrapping, too!
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56. snowflake in music...
nice bootstrapping, too!
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59. The best way to predict the future
is to invent it.

60. Questions?
http://erikduval.wordpress.com/
http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd
Thanks!
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