Even if your grandparents had been science fiction writers, it would have been hard for them to predict how the evolution of technology played out to affect your life. You may have heard something like “Back when I was a kid, we didn’t have television”, from a sagely octogenarian when you were young. Now think about what we might be telling our great-grandchildren along the same vein.

1. humanity 2.0
how you are enabling the redefinition of
“life as we know it”

2. "We can't solve problems by using the same kind
of thinking we used when we created them."
Albert Einstein

5. mouse
neuron

7. tech•nol•o•gy
the application of scientific knowledge
for practical purposes

9. 1,800,000 years

10. Scale

11. Scale

17. 26 yds

19. 4.37 light hours

20. 4.37 light hours

21. 4.37 light hours
0.47 miles

22. sun
earth
pluto

24. alpha
centauri

25. 4.39 ly

26. 4.39 ly
4,100 miles

27. sun
earth
pluto
alpha
centauri

30. beta
centauri

31. 397 light years

32. 397 light years
371,260 miles

33. sun
earth
pluto
alpha
centauri

34. sun
earth
pluto
alpha
centauri
beta
centauri

36. 24,824 light years

37. 24,824 light years
145,927,879,516,789,000
miles

52. Genes, Brains,
and the Internet

54. 770MB

59. 2.5 BILLION YEARS
OF ALGAE

61. 10TB

63. 20TB

65. 532PB

66. exponential growth in
nature is unsustainable

68. POP
QUIZ

70. mouse
universe
neuron

75. thank you

76. Resources

77. Resources
• Google Maps Distance Calculator
• Wikipedia Astronomy Portal
• The Thousand Yard Model
• Brain + Universe
• Harvard Cell Biology Animation
• Millenium Simulation Fly-Through
• Mandelbrot Set Zoom