Harvard Encyclopedia Project Overview

The video discusses the current activities at Harvard, focusing on the encyclopedia project. It highlights the difficulty in determining the exact number of full-time and part-time employees. The project anticipates receiving significant funding, primarily from the MacArthur Foundation, which could employ around a hundred people initially, with potential growth as more funding becomes available. The project is expected to expand significantly, possibly involving thousands of people and costing a couple of billion dollars, comparable to the Human Genome Project but less than major space programs.

What is the main challenge in assessing the number of people involved in the Harvard encyclopedia project?

• Difficulty in distinguishing between full-time and part-time employment

• Limited scope of the project

• Lack of interest in the project

• Insufficient funding

How much funding is anticipated from grants for the encyclopedia project?

• 20 million

• 10 million

• 30 million

• 40 million

Approximately how many people are expected to be employed full-time or part-time in the project initially?

• 50 people

• 100 people

• 200 people

• 500 people

What is the expected growth in employment as funding becomes available?

• It will remain the same

• It will decrease

• It will expand significantly

• It will expand slightly

Which major project is the encyclopedia project compared to in terms of cost?

• Apollo Space Program

• Human Genome Project

• Large Hadron Collider

• International Space Station

What is the estimated total cost of the encyclopedia project?

• A couple of billion dollars

• A few hundred million dollars

• Tens of billions of dollars

• A few million dollars