As many readers know, I’m interested in trying to understand the regularities behind how scientific and technological progress occurs (The Half-Life of Facts, for example). Part of this process involves the ability to better understand the way in which different research topics are connected and recombined in productive ways: the manner in which knowledge is connected over time as part of the process of generating new ideas and new concepts. This is particularly relevant as our societal scientific outputs balloons exponentially and it becomes more and more difficult to easily understand the entire scientific landscape.
☞ Forecasting Science
☞ Forecasting Science
☞ Forecasting Science
As many readers know, I’m interested in trying to understand the regularities behind how scientific and technological progress occurs (The Half-Life of Facts, for example). Part of this process involves the ability to better understand the way in which different research topics are connected and recombined in productive ways: the manner in which knowledge is connected over time as part of the process of generating new ideas and new concepts. This is particularly relevant as our societal scientific outputs balloons exponentially and it becomes more and more difficult to easily understand the entire scientific landscape.