I find the reference to Moore's Law interesting - particularly in light of Carver Mead's acknowledgement that it was principally a way to push collective action

I find the reference to Moore's Law interesting - particularly in light of Carver Mead's acknowledgement that it was principally a way to push collective action: "I always had to—especially in the early days—explain that this is not a law of physics. This is a law [of] the way that humans are. In order for anything to evolve like our semiconductor technology has evolved, it takes an enormous amount of creative effort by a large number of smart people. They have to believe that effort is going to result in a successful thing or they won’t put the effort in. That belief that it’s possible to do this thing is what causes the thing to happen. The Moore’s Law thing is really about people’s belief in the future and their willingness to put energy into causing that thing to come about. It’s a marvelous statement about humanity." Source: http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/devices/qa-carver-mead http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/devices/qa-carver-me...