Neuropsychological constraints to human data production on a global scale
@article{Gros2011NeuropsychologicalCT, title={Neuropsychological constraints to human data production on a global scale}, author={C. Gros and G. Kaczor and D. Markovi{\'c}}, journal={The European Physical Journal B}, year={2011}, volume={85}, pages={1-5} }
Abstract
Which are the factors underlying human information production on a global level? In order
to gain an insight into this question we study a corpus of 252–633 mil. publicly available
data files on the Internet corresponding to an overall storage volume of
284–675 Terabytes. Analyzing the file size distribution for several distinct data types we
find indications that the neuropsychological capacity of the human brain to process and
record information may constitute the dominant limiting… CONTINUE READING
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