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Six Evolutions

Each timeline traces how a system emerged, was naturalized until it seemed inevitable, and continues to shape your life today. Understanding the construction reveals the possibility of reconstruction.

Ancient~200,000 BCE - 500 CE

Pre-Industrial500 - 1760

Industrial1760 - 1970

Information1970 - 2020

AI Era2020 - Present

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Education

How we learn and transmit knowledge

"Why do we assume learning requires schools?"

Oral traditions & apprenticeships

Mass schooling emerges

AI tutors challenge the model

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Work

How we labor and organize production

"Why do we define ourselves by our jobs?"

Task-based work

Clock time & factories

Knowledge workers rise

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Communication

How we share information and ideas

"How did information become power?"

Oral & written traditions

Mass media explosion

Internet transforms all

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Economy

How we exchange value and resources

"When did exchange become extraction?"

Gift & barter economies

Money & markets emerge

Financialization peaks

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Social Structures

How we organize societies and power

"How did strangers learn to cooperate?"

Industrial Revolutions

How we transformed production and energy

"What did each revolution actually change?"

1st: Steam & mechanization

2nd: Electricity & mass production

4th: AI & automation

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