The Economist, September 28^th 1996, The World Economy : The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Cybernomics.

1)      Find out information about the book The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (London, 1979) . Also compare with the recent film.

2)      A roomful in 1946 ;a laptop today : visit the website of the computer museum in San Diego and compare the first computer mainframes to today’s micros.

3)      Comment on all the eye-catching titles enumerated in the first paragraph : “The death of Money…The End of Affluence…” a brave new age of prosperity or some form of economic Armageddon?

4)      Computers and robots destroying or creating jobs : look into the Luddite riots in Britain during the industrial revolution and compare.

5)      What are the economic implications of information technology?

6)      What is Moore’s law? Is it still appropriate now?