Question: Time it takes for information to double?

(Posted by: Anthony on 2010-03-04 11:37:00)

What is the Time it takes for information in a society to double.Has there been any studies?

Posted by: Saint Onle on 2010-03-04, 11:39:50

That's not really something you can quantify.

Posted by: Someone who cares on 2010-03-04, 11:55:00

That entirely depends on the society. Some societies this occurs in a very short time, others are going backwards (gaza for example).

Posted by: answer4you on 2010-03-04, 11:55:15

Since the 1900s, information has doubled every 15 years. This is according to two Berkeley professors....

Posted by: AutumnWynd777 on 2010-03-04, 12:01:48

+ + + "February 13th, 2007 2010: Data doubling every 11 hours Martin Lamonica of news.com reports on IBM's release of FileNet P8 4.0, an update to the content management software that integrates better with IBM middleware (IBM purchased Filenet for $1.6 billion in August 2006) and support Java server standards, and Web interface for front-ending IBM content management servers. The news story cites an IBM study claiming that by 2010 the amount of digital information in the world will double every 11 hours. " Daniel 12 (Amplified Bible) 4But you, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the Book until the time of the end. [Then] many shall run to and fro and search anxiously [through the Book], and knowledge [of God's purposes as revealed by His prophets] shall be increased and become great. Proverbs 19 (Amplified Bible) 25Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will increase in knowledge. Ecclesiastes 1 (Amplified Bible) 18For in much [human] wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.