Interesting! Is that 10 year time (the previous sorting time) the reason that the census was only done every 10 years? (because it took that long just to sort the data?) I agree with Ben: 🤯
Hm, I think the census is every 10 years because of Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution. I didn't even know that it was right in the Constitution until today...TIL!
I do think it's cool that Hollerith made it much easier to accomplish that task, though. I can only imagine the horror of trying to do the census with today's population if it hadn't been automated 😳
Interesting! Is that 10 year time (the previous sorting time) the reason that the census was only done every 10 years? (because it took that long just to sort the data?) I agree with Ben: 🤯
Hm, I think the census is every 10 years because of Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution. I didn't even know that it was right in the Constitution until today...TIL!
I do think it's cool that Hollerith made it much easier to accomplish that task, though. I can only imagine the horror of trying to do the census with today's population if it hadn't been automated 😳
Huh, TIL about the census being in the Constitution too :) thanks!