Modern man has received daily 5 times more information than 30 years ago

The extent of the information revolution in the digital age estimated Dr. Martin Gilbert and his team from the University of Southern California. They used sophisticated technology to understand how much data is stored around the world. The study covered the period from 1986 to 2007. Was published in the journal Science.

According to scientists, the mankind to date has accumulated about 295 exabytes of information. Exabyte is 1,000 petabytes, petabyte - 1000 terabytes and terabytes - 1000 gigabytes. This impressive "collective hard drive", meanwhile, does not go to any comparison with what nature has accumulated. This is the hundredth part of the information that is available on the human DNA, experts underline. But it is 315 times the number of grains of sand on Earth.

"A hundred years ago most people had ever read only 50 books in his life. Now it seems ridiculous. But the human brain is very plastic and it is good absorbs and processes information, even if it very much "- explains Martin Gilbert.

Today, everyone at home kept the amount of data, equivalent to approximately 600 thousand. Books, experts say. "In 1986, every day we get as much information as would fit in the 40 newspapers, by 2007 this amount has increased significantly. Now every day a person receives information which would fit into the 174 printed publications, "- says Gilbert.

The scientist has warned that we are now only at the beginning of the information age. In the future, the amount of data will only increase.

Source: www.utro.ru

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