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A brief presentation of a brief history of humankind
1. Desman Hidayat
18th May 2014
Jakarta
Based on the course: “A Brief History of Humankind” by Dr. Yuval Noah Harari, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem. Coursera.org
2. 13 billion years ago Big Bang
Atom Physics
Molecule Chemistry
4 billion years ago Organism Biology
70.000 years ago Homo Sapiens developed
culture history
3. 2.5 million years ago
Australopithecus
East Africa
2 million years ago
Left their homeland
6. Large Brain
60 kilograms pig 200 CC brain
60 kilograms human 1200-1400 CC brain
Walk on 2 legs
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9. 70,000 years ago
Migrated from East Africa
Reached Middle East, Europe, Central Asia, South Asia,
East Asia
60,000 years ago
Reached China & Korea
45,000 years ago
Reached Australia
15,000 years ago
Reached America
12. Before human reached Australia (-50,000 years)
24 Australian animal species (50kg+)
After human reached Australia
Only 1 Australian animal species (50kg+)
Red Kangaroo
14. Human brains are incapable of handling large amount
of information
First script discovered:
The name of an accountant
Economic documents
15. Unify the world into a single system
3 factors:
Money
Politic
Religion
Empires’ history
2250 BC: first empire: Akkadian Empire of Sargon the
Great, Mediterranean
500 BC: Kiros the Great of Persia
Alexander the Great
Etc.
16. 3 unique characteristics of modern
science:
Modern science assumes that we don’t
know everything
The centrality of observation and
mathematics
It aims to acquire new “power”
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18. Problems Solutions
The leading project of modern science
is to give humankind eternal life
2050 Ammortal
19. 18th Century: European states were still weaker than
the great power of Asia
European managed to conquer America and the
oceans mainly because Asia showed very little interest
in this areas
How to rule the world?
Technology
European voyages = scientific voyages + imperial
voyages
20. James Cook
1778
South Pacific Ocean & Australia
Geographer + Naval Officer in the British Royal Navy
Zheng He
15th Century
7 voyages
Reached East Africa
Sent by ruling faction in Beijing
21. European empires were created and managed by
private businesses
VOC
Established 1602
1603 – first arrived in Indonesia
1800 – Indonesia became a national colony of the Dutch
state
British East India Company
Conquered India 1757
1858 - the British crown nationalized India
22. 1781
James Watt
Steam Engine
The problem of industrial revolution
Increased production, lack of consumption
Solution?
Consumerism
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25. Main contributing factors to the new era of peace:
The price of war has gone up dramatically
Nuclear
The profit of war declined
Peace has become more profitable than ever before
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28. Within a few decades or couple of centuries at most,
Homo Sapiens will disappear
Not extinct, but evolve
Singularity
Our world of meaning collapsed completely
Our identity will become irrelevant
When?
Nobody really knows
2050?
100-300 years later?
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31. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Australopithecus_afarensis.JPG
http://www.archeolog-home.com/medias/images/1-neanderthal.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Homo_floresiensis_a
dult_female_-_model_of_head_-
_Smithsonian_Museum_of_Natural_History_-_2012-05-17.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Large_bonfire.jpg
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/imgart/lion-man-ulm.jpg
http://timewellness.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/gossip.jpg?w=480&h=320&cr
op=1
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Kangur.rudy.drs.jpg
http://www.novatel.com/assets/Web-Phase-2-2012/Industry-
Pages/Agriculture.png
http://www.qacps.k12.md.us/mms/george/gilgameshpicture.jpg
http://www.bestmediums.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dove-of-
peace-3.jpg
Video lectures from the course: “A Brief History of Humankind” at
Coursera.org