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THIS WEEK MARKS the close of The Good Information Project’s cycle on the new digital age.
The rapid advance of the technological world permanently threatens to leave in the dust anyone who doesn’t play close attention to its shifting trends, versions and software updates.
This month we have explored several of the key questions of the current digital landscape, including the metaverse, the environmental impacts of data centres, the digitisation of Ireland’s workforce, EU legislation to constrain unchecked algorithms, and public perceptions of things like facial recognition tech and social media identity verification.
As we’ve reached the end of the cycle, it’s time for us to review what we’ve learned, and what better way to do that than with a quiz?
This work is co-funded by Journal Media and a grant programme from the European Parliament. Any opinions or conclusions expressed in this work are the author’s own. The European Parliament has no involvement in nor responsibility for the editorial content published by the project. For more information, see here.
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Surprised by the last one…..wouldn’t have thought it would be as high as 9% without Internet connectivity these days. 11% energy use from the data centres as well is unreal!
@Joe Kennedy: Dont worry, we’re spending billions of taxpayer money to connect every house, no matter how remote. Even with advances in technology and sattleite internet around the corner.
@Paul Hedderman: no issue with them spending money to give people Internet connectivity in this day and age and we are a rural country with low population density still, in fairness. People of Belmullet and Waterville won’t know themselves when the Internet arrives!!
@Joe Kennedy: I have an issue wasting money connecting remote houses just to buy votes when theres an alternative. Choose to buy a cheap remote house, expect to have to compromise and not have fixed broadband. Scandalous spending tens if not hundreds of thousands to connect single remote houses in the back @r$e of nowhere. Cost benefits
analysis goes out the window when you’re spending tax payer money
Bought some books yesterday! it being world book day , going to try to get back to reading more and less phone time ! Wish me luck
@Ríain HenC: love reading, love books…..but I read them on a kindle. Think I’d be described as ‘conflicted’. Its the backlight that does it for me, being able to read and not annoy the wife.
Woohoo 9 out of 10 much better than my usual get the first 4 wrong and give up with shame! Expected higher amount of people checking their phones first thing when they wake up.
Sadly, I know 90% about the digital age.
I know that it will lead to the total loss of freedom!!
Ye better have an NFT for the chimp picture or else there is an incredible risk of being sued.
@Jason Walsh: Editorial usage is covered under fair use in copyright. Be grand.
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