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"a great quantity or store of money, valuable possessions, property, or other riches: the wealth of a city. 2. an abundance or profusion of anything; plentiful amount: a wealth of imagery. 3. Economics . a. all things that have a monetary or exchange value. b. anything that has utility and is capable of being appropriated or exchanged. 4. rich or valuable contents or produce: the wealth of the soil. 5. the state of being rich; prosperity; affluence: persons of wealth and standing." These are some good definitions of "Wealth". There are 5 good definitions.

"Thanks to technology, people can create more wealth now than ever before, and in twenty years they'll be able to create more wealth than they can today.  Even though this leads to more total wealth, it skews it toward fewer people.  This disparity has probably been growing since the beginning of technology, in the broadest sense of the word." This is about how technology is used for wealth. It also talks about 20 years from now.

"The modern understanding of Wealth is the abundance of valuable resources or material possessions. This excludes the core meaning as held in the originating old English word weal, which is from an Indo-European word stem.[1] In this larger understanding of wealth, an individual, community, region or country that possesses an abundance of such possessions or resources to the benefit of the common good is known as wealthy." This talks about wealth in the country. This is also about resources that benefit common goods.

"It is now widely accepted that the developing world needs to invest in science and technology or risk falling behind as the technology gap between the North and South widens. However, these investments must be balanced by continued investment in basic population-wide services, such as healthcare and water supply and sanitation. Achieving this balance is a matter of ongoing debate in policy circles, and leaders and policy-makers in developing countries often have to make difficult decisions that pit investment in new technologies and capacity-building in science and technology against basic population-wide services such as healthcare and water supply and sanitation." This is about how technology and science is used for wealth.

Getting some resources off of a government website was a good find and should provide some viable information to use. It will also help us connect with how science and technology is related to wealth.

"Every twenty years or so since the Industrial Revolution, a group of new technologies has had a major impact on economic life. Steam power, canals, railroads, telegraph and telephone, electricity, road transport, radio, air transport, pharmacology, television, computers and information technology. Some of these have been general enabling technologies (such as steam power or electricity) which change the way production is organised; some (such as television) create new consumer goods which command a large fraction of household time or expenditure. Enabling technologies transform business life. Consumer technologies transform domestic life." This is talking about how technology can be used for wealth. This also says how every twenty years we get new technology.

"The Matrix is a 1999 American-Australian science fiction action film written and directed by The Wachowski Brothers, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano. It depicts a dystopian future in which reality as perceived by most humans is actually a simulated reality called "the Matrix", created by sentient machines to subdue the human population, while their bodies' heat and electrical activity are used as an energy source. Computer programmer "Neo" learns this truth and is drawn into a rebellion against the machines, which involves other people who have been freed from the "dream world"." This is what I found about "The Matrix". It does not go with Wealth. This should not be a theme.

I came across this article about new currency. Very interesting. Great topic with students who think the existing currency is all we can use in buying and selling.

Kaku mentions the three different types of civilizatio a lot through out his book. Here are definitions for each civilizations. In 1964, Kardashev defined three levels of civilizations, based on the order of magnitude of power available to them: Type I "Technological level close to the level presently attained on earth, with energy consumption at ≈4×1019 erg/sec[1] (4 × 1012 watts.) Guillermo A. Lemarchand stated this as "A level near contemporary terrestrial civilization with an energy capability equivalent to the solar insolation on Earth, between 1016 and 1017 watts."[2] Type II "A civilization capable of harnessing the energy radiated by its own star (for example, the stage of successful construction of a Dyson sphere), with energy consumption at ≈4×1033 erg/sec.[1] Lemarchand stated this as "A civilization capable of utilizing and channeling the entire radiation output of its star. The energy utilization would then be comparable to the luminosity of our Sun, about 4 × 1026 watts."[2] Type III "A civilization in possession of energy on the scale of its own galaxy, with energy consumption at ≈4×1044 erg/sec."[1] Lemarchand stated this as "A civilization with access to the power comparable to the luminosity of the entire Milky Way galaxy, about 4 × 1037 Watts."[2]"

"Mass customization, in marketing, manufacturing, call centres and management, is the use of flexible computer-aided manufacturing systems to produce custom output." The definition of Mass customization is- use of computer aided manufacturing systems.

"Capitalism is an economic system in which trade, industry and the means of production are controlled by private owners with the goal of making profits in a market economy." The definition of Capitalism is- certain things that are owned by private owners.

"Mass production is the production of large amounts of standardized products, including and especially on assembly lines." The definition of Mass technology is- large amounts of standardized products.

This site provides some insight on the economic powers of the world in the near future. We can use the more recent predictions to more accurately estimate the economic state of the future.

This website shows you two different ideas of a timeline from 2015 all the way to 2100. It gave us a basic understanding of what might be to come before 2100, so we can accurately make predictions on what the future may hold. The page itself may not seem to look very reliable, but the website the information is from is a newsletter completely based on predictions of the future. By knowing what may come before the twenty-second century, we are able to see into the future clearly. This project is to understand the future of our civilization "Will the year 2100 bring disaster or salvation?"

Robots could change the economy in a big way in the future, and this article explains how this kind of scenario could play out.

This website is a basic prediction of what the world will be like in 2100. The predictions are very in-depth of what the population will live like, and how their lives will be sustained. Most of the world will be living in cities or urban areas. Also, there will be a small number of frequently used languages. These predictions and others are very reliable and seem very accurate. The website is the Business Insider, talking about economics and how humanity can and will affect it. This website is reliable because many powerful business leaders look to it for advice. It is a great source to use to see what a day in life will be like for a human in 2100. "Will we be doomed by 2100, or can we make it work? Since we've only got one planet (so far), let's hope for the latter."

Judith Aquino from NBC wrote this article predicting nine jobs that humans may lose in the future and explains why we might lose them.

This document was created by Ali Acilar from Turkey. He is a professor at Bilecik University and he made a lot of detail in his writings. This is an example of how the digital divide in a country can affect education.

This document was written by Chrisanthi Avgerou and Shirin Madon of the London School of Economics and Political Science. This was written to explain the digital divide and come up with ways we can approach it.