HW 9

Information, Computing, and the Future
    HW 9, due Friday, Apr. 1, 2022

Directions: The title of your blog post should indicate "HW 9"  (if your blog is not working then you will need to email this HW to the instructor).  Number your answers according to the question numbers below. 


1) Find videos on youtube or elsewhere about 4 of the various spoil sports. On your blog, give (a) the web addresses of the videos, (b) your commentary on them, and (c) how good they are. Four videos (or more).

2) Discuss how each of at least four of the "spoil sports of prediction" applies or does not apply to your project topic.

3) Take a favorite topic (your project topic is a good one). Discuss where it may be in 5 years, 10, 20, 100, 1,000, and millions of years.

4)  Provide an outline showing the overall structure of your paper (or other project).

5) Provide an initial outline for your 20-minute presentation. The outline might be the same or similar as for your paper if you are doing one. Feel free to email the instructor for suggestions. Presentations will be on the last day of class (or I will be glad to schedule you for an earlier class if you wish). If you are using powerpoint slides, for example, you could give titles of the slides. If you are doing some other type of presentation, make an equivalent amount of progress and describe.

6) Grad students only: continue with the book you obtained. Read the next 20 pages. State the book title, author, and page numbers you have read. Discuss the pages, explaining what you agree with, disagree with, and how your views compare with those of other reviewers on Amazon or elsewhere.