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Using data and visualizations, she illustrates how the last decade has seen an explosion in technological capabilities. For instance, she compares the exponential growth in computing power—from gigaflops in supercomputers to the increase in the adoption of social media platforms like Orkut, Facebook, and Instagram—and how 90% of all data generated today was created in just the past two years. The rapid obsolescence of early technologies, such as the massive and heavy mobile phones of the 1970s, which were over a kilogram, contrasts sharply with modern devices that are lightweight and ubiquitous.