I have been upset that I have not touched some 20 over new books on my table at least for the past 2 months. One of such includes Tim Harford's Logic of Life. There is one particular visualization that impressed me.
'A million years of logic' - It is really hard for us to see how fast things are developing lately. Let's assume all of last million years has happened in one year. Using that scale, we learnt how to control fire sometime in spring and Homo Sapiens appeared in mid-November. Circa 19 December was when we have seen cave paintings. Egyptian Paraohs' time was around 30 December. 31st December have witnessed the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. Columbus discovered Americas roughly at 7:30 PM. First world war began 11:10 PM. We invented the internet at 11:50 PM. Google at 11:55, Facebook around 11:58 and iPhone around 11:59. It really gives you a bigger perspective on the concept of time and the pace of evolution. Quite amazing to say the least.
Now, we may be getting ahead of ourselves as dreams are being realized faster than new ones are created. Then the present seems less and less important as the future seems closer every second. Drives you crazy, doesn't it?
Take a second, think about it. Then stop thinking and start living before you are just a past.
'A million years of logic' - It is really hard for us to see how fast things are developing lately. Let's assume all of last million years has happened in one year. Using that scale, we learnt how to control fire sometime in spring and Homo Sapiens appeared in mid-November. Circa 19 December was when we have seen cave paintings. Egyptian Paraohs' time was around 30 December. 31st December have witnessed the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. Columbus discovered Americas roughly at 7:30 PM. First world war began 11:10 PM. We invented the internet at 11:50 PM. Google at 11:55, Facebook around 11:58 and iPhone around 11:59. It really gives you a bigger perspective on the concept of time and the pace of evolution. Quite amazing to say the least.
Now, we may be getting ahead of ourselves as dreams are being realized faster than new ones are created. Then the present seems less and less important as the future seems closer every second. Drives you crazy, doesn't it?
Take a second, think about it. Then stop thinking and start living before you are just a past.
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