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Now we are transitioning into the third age of computation. Pages and browsers are far less important. Today the prime units are flows and streams. We constantly monitor Twitter streams and the flows of posts on our Facebook wall. We stream photos, movies, and music. News banners stream across the bottom of TVs. We subscribe to YouTube streams, cal
... See moreKevin Kelly • The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
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Tom Standage • A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next
our minds are those of hunter-gatherers, our cuisine is that of ancient farmers.
Yuval Noah Harari • Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Postman uses this concept to argue, among other points, that the impact of the printing press is deeper than we realize. The standard narrative about this invention is that mass-produced pamphlets and books allowed information to spread faster and farther, speeding up the evolution of knowledge that culminated in the Age of Reason. Postman replies
... See moreCal Newport • A World Without Email
These fertile but geographically limited river valleys changed the way people got enough to eat:
Tim Harford • Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy
In the twenty-first century fiction might thereby become the most potent force on earth, surpassing even wayward asteroids and natural selection.
Yuval Noah Harari • Homo Deus
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