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From the Dawn of Civilization to the Current Technological/Information Revolution.

      The following essays are related to the history of humanity and technology and future trends.

A Brief History of Mathematics
  • A brief history of mathematics from the first use of numbers and the discovery of zero to the invention of calculus.

A History of Early Writing
  • A history of early writing and the connection between hierarchical societies and the development of writing.

Evolution of Industrial Age Technology
  • An evolution of evolutionary age technology that is specific to communication. This includes the telephone, telegraph, typewriter, the television, and satellites.

  Memes
  • A description of a meme as a component of cultural transmission (similar to gene as a component of biological transmission).

Mutually Exclusive Paradigms
  • A definition of mutually exclusive paradigms and their relationship to stress. Examples of mutually exclusive paradigms are given.

Newton and the Cartesian Myth
  • A description of how Newton aided in the Cartesian myth even though he didn't fully believe in it and how he added in the modern discoveries that are proving the myth to be false.

Sorokin's Cyclical Trends in Human Culture
  • A description of Sorokin's cyclical trends in human culture, sensate, ideational, and idealistic. This gives evidence that human culture develops cyclically rather than, or as well as, linearly.

The Development of Western Civilization
  • A description of the development of Western Civilization in relation to a highly populated area around the Mediterranean Sea.

The Industrial Revolution--A Brief Description
  • A brief description of the industrial revolution in relation to the objectification of nature.

The Information Super Highway and the Human Soma
  • A description of the information super highway and its parallels to the human nervous system.

The Printing Press
  • The invention of the printing press and how it changed culture.

Universal Computer Archive System and the Healing of a Mind-Body Split
  • How a universal computer archive system can help to reduce the mind-body split.

A History of the Computer/Internet
  • A history of the computer leading to the Internet and the WWW.

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