Explosive growth can only come from cheating, from discovering some way to break the rules. Most of the time this involves actual explosions. Because the most important rule is the First Law of Thermodynamics, the conservation of energy. The jump to modern humans was made possible by fire, by externalizing the energy required to break down food to the energy stored up in wood and rapidly consumed by fire. Further growth was made possible by tapping into energy from animals (oxen for ploughing, horses for riding), wind (for sailing ships) and water (for mills), but this growth was not
Data is the New Oil...And We're the Dinosaurs
Data is the New Oil...And We're the Dinosaurs
Data is the New Oil...And We're the Dinosaurs
Explosive growth can only come from cheating, from discovering some way to break the rules. Most of the time this involves actual explosions. Because the most important rule is the First Law of Thermodynamics, the conservation of energy. The jump to modern humans was made possible by fire, by externalizing the energy required to break down food to the energy stored up in wood and rapidly consumed by fire. Further growth was made possible by tapping into energy from animals (oxen for ploughing, horses for riding), wind (for sailing ships) and water (for mills), but this growth was not