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Ready to Build. Andy McMillan

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Chapter 1. e History of Us.

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A Brief History of Human Evolution

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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

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e web as humanity's greatest prospect.

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e web as humanity's greatest prospect.

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Build.

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Totally Fucking Awesome

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ank you. @goodonpaper