Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
The Past...
The long-term history and fate of humanity is driven almost entirely by technology. There have been five great technological revolutions in hominid history...
Tools. The penultimate great biological advance on Earth was the evolution of hominid intelligence. This led directly to the hominids' first great technological revolution at the beginning of the Paleolithic Age by 2 Mya: the use of stone tools and (later) fire. Tools and fire granted to hominids a mastery over predators, prey, and the elements that was literally unimaginable to other primates.
Language. The second technological revolution was also the most recent great biological advance on Earth: the development of language by 50 Kya. The development of language, watercraft, and weaving combined to allow early modern humans from Africa and SW Asia to master climates and locales throughout the world.
Agriculture. The third revolution was the development of agriculture at the beginning of the Neolithic Age about 10 Kya. The resulting specialization led to the advanced development of writing, government, and science.
Industry. The fourth revolution was the Industrial Revolution that was under way by 1840. It included the development of heat engines, medicine, electromagnetics, and (later) atomics. The Industrial Revolution was of course only possible because the Scientific Revolution that began during the Renaissance. However, it was not until the Industrial Revolution that living standards finally made a leap to levels that would have been unimaginable to Aristotle or even Newton.
Information. The fifth revolution is the current Information Revolution. It had started by 1971 with the development of electronics, computing, and networking, which together had major impacts on commerce and communications by the 1980s and 1990s. The Information Revolution will continue with the nascent developments of photonics and genetics. It will largely complete the liberation of humanity from tyranny and superstition. It will witness the completion of humanity's basic understanding of the origin, mechanism, and fate of mind, life, and the universe itself.
Tools. The penultimate great biological advance on Earth was the evolution of hominid intelligence. This led directly to the hominids' first great technological revolution at the beginning of the Paleolithic Age by 2 Mya: the use of stone tools and (later) fire. Tools and fire granted to hominids a mastery over predators, prey, and the elements that was literally unimaginable to other primates.
Language. The second technological revolution was also the most recent great biological advance on Earth: the development of language by 50 Kya. The development of language, watercraft, and weaving combined to allow early modern humans from Africa and SW Asia to master climates and locales throughout the world.
Agriculture. The third revolution was the development of agriculture at the beginning of the Neolithic Age about 10 Kya. The resulting specialization led to the advanced development of writing, government, and science.
Industry. The fourth revolution was the Industrial Revolution that was under way by 1840. It included the development of heat engines, medicine, electromagnetics, and (later) atomics. The Industrial Revolution was of course only possible because the Scientific Revolution that began during the Renaissance. However, it was not until the Industrial Revolution that living standards finally made a leap to levels that would have been unimaginable to Aristotle or even Newton.
Information. The fifth revolution is the current Information Revolution. It had started by 1971 with the development of electronics, computing, and networking, which together had major impacts on commerce and communications by the 1980s and 1990s. The Information Revolution will continue with the nascent developments of photonics and genetics. It will largely complete the liberation of humanity from tyranny and superstition. It will witness the completion of humanity's basic understanding of the origin, mechanism, and fate of mind, life, and the universe itself.
Friday, March 30, 2007
Useful Links
These links aren't bad... I'm still working on compiling a list of links that are accurate, and are not selling products
Prison Planet.com
www.wearechange.org
www.stopcolumbia.org
Genomics
www.infowars.com
www.danielestulin.com
100 monkeys
Prison Planet.com
www.wearechange.org
www.stopcolumbia.org
Genomics
www.infowars.com
www.danielestulin.com
100 monkeys
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
My blog (& Google)
I shouldn't be writing this, but at this point, I cant help it. I MUST keep a record of all of this for future generations.
A sort of.."I Told You So"? Perhaps, but more of a record.
It's funny to create a Blog like this through Google.
To make a blog they make you create a Google/G-Mail account.
How many people do you think have a Google Account? With their name & personal information, names of their friends and contacts through email, interests through the searches they perform.
Google Earth. Google Maps. Google Mail. YouTube. Now I am one of the suckers.
Did you know Google places a "cookie" on your computer, which can track your search history? This doesn't expire until 2038 (When it will likely renew)... Do you value privacy?
What do you think they're doing each time you search on your nifty new cell phone?
Google's mission statement is, "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful."
Google will soon be the largest corporation in the world.
A sort of.."I Told You So"? Perhaps, but more of a record.
It's funny to create a Blog like this through Google.
To make a blog they make you create a Google/G-Mail account.
How many people do you think have a Google Account? With their name & personal information, names of their friends and contacts through email, interests through the searches they perform.
Google Earth. Google Maps. Google Mail. YouTube. Now I am one of the suckers.
Did you know Google places a "cookie" on your computer, which can track your search history? This doesn't expire until 2038 (When it will likely renew)... Do you value privacy?
What do you think they're doing each time you search on your nifty new cell phone?
Google's mission statement is, "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful."
Google will soon be the largest corporation in the world.
Sunday, March 4, 2007
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