What has been the reaction to NKS, and what happened in the first year after the book came out?
Millions of people have heard about NKS through media coverage of the book. Wolfram has appeared on television and radio explaining NKS, testified before Congress about it, and hundreds of print articles have reviewed the book. You can find a list of media coverage here. Several hundred thousand people bought the book in the first year. Tens of thousands attended public lectures Wolfram has given at universities, government labs, companies, and other venues. Public reactions have ranged from enthusiasm to “wait-and-see” to skepticism to outright hostility. Wolfram frequently refers to the turbulence one expects from any paradigm shift. It becomes clear with time that a significant new field has been launched, one full of possibility and promise, whose scope and ultimate significant cannot yet be bounded.
Related Questions
- Whats the Pentagons and the Secretarys reaction to a GAO report suggesting that Congress should delay funds at least a year to Lockheed Martin for the initial F-22s because of problems with testing (inaudible)?
- What has been the reaction to NKS, and what happened in the first year after the book came out?
- What happened to the Tenth Year Memory Book?
