What has changed in the world that has resulted in the drastic increase of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere?

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  1. What has changed in the world that has resulted in the drastic increase of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere?
  2. Is there a way to avoid reaching the predicated levels of 800 ppm of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? What can you do on a person level to decrease your carbon footprint?
  3. If we roll 40 times, how many rolls would you expect to win?
  4. If you get 3 and 4, the multiplication is 12. Twelve is a multiple of 6, so I win! 1. Which player would win if you get 2 and 5 in the dice? Me or you? 2. Which player would win if you get 4 and 2 in the dice? 3. Which player would win if you get 1 and 6 in the dice?
  5. McCandless thinks that information design is really important because “we’re all visualizers now; we’re all demanding a visual aspect to our information.” If we assume it’s true, then how has this changed our educational system? Are there particularly good examples of how teachers and schools have responded? Extreme deficits?
  6. McCandless believes that his visualization of the political spectrum helps people understand other points of view in a non-threatening way. Some might argue that it oversimplifies the views of the people it represents. Do you think there’s a greater danger of oversimplification when the information is presented in a format like this versus when it’s presented in some other way?
  7. McCandless thinks there are lots of information problems in our society, including information overload, skepticism, the breakdown of trust, a lack of transparency, and reliability. Which do you think is the most prevalent and/or problematic?
  8. Interrupt coalescing offers a powerful way to improve system performance and extend battery life. What are some ways that you can apply this idea in your own life, and what would you do differently as a result?
  9. What are some of the strategies that you use for confronting a complex problem and breaking it down into smaller pieces? How might some of these strategies be useful to a computer programmer working on a CPU scheduler?
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