Homo erectus
1.3 - 1.8 million years ago
Homo heidelbergensis
400,000 - 600,000 years ago
Homo neanderthalensis
50,000 - 80,000 years ago
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Homo sapiens
160,000 years ago
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We learn to trade.
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We begin to specialise.
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We innovate.
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Trade
Specialisation
Innovation
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e more of it you do,
the more of it you can do.
Trade
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We consume minuscule fragments of the
productive labor of others in order to
benefit ourselves.
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Time.
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Trade
Specialisation
Innovation
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Trade
Specialisation
Innovation
Human Progress
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You.
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“Otzi carried the accumulated knowledge
of thousands of others upon him, their
insig s manifest in his kit.”
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With trade, we prosper.
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Chapter 2.
Taking prosperity for granted.
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What happens when we take prosperity
for granted?
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We prosper.
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We spread.
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We spread.
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Division of labor.
Multiplication of labor.
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What happens when we take prosperity
for granted?
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We invent.
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We invent.
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We invent abundance.
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e more of it you do,
the more of it you can do.
Invention
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We invent.
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Capacity.
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"All media are extensions of some human
faculty."
— Marshall McLuhan
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Capacity.
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e Internet.
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e Internet.
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What happens when we take prosperity
for granted?
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It's still not enough.
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Chapter 3.
Ready to Build.
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e Story So Far ...
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e Internet is inevitable.
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e Internet is inevitable.
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Our contribution.
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Density.
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Destiny.
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Change.
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We do.
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“Software engineers as social engineers.”
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We’re iterating into the future.
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We’re iterating into the future.
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Our community.
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Trade
Specialisation
Innovation
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Our community.
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"Life can be much broader once you
discover one simple fact, and that is,
everything around you that you call life
was made up by people that were no
smarter than you ... "
— Steve Jobs