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Evolution’s various events are calculated and reported in moments of time: eras, millennia, centuries, years, seasons, months, days, hours and minutes. Within those time markers are: formation of our planet, biology, Revolutions, and Homeo Sapiens. Yuval Noah Hariari’s brief history is hardly a brief narrative. However, it is an easy-to-follow delineation of educated statements surrounding humankind’s integrated journey from the beginning of “time” to the year 2014. The book takes the reader on a purposeful, witty and eye-opening account of the various time zones homo sapiens and wildlife, as-well-as biology and science, have traveled. Mr. Hariari leaves one wanting to advance quickly into the next chapter, even though the reader already knows how the story ends. Yuri chose to write about time periods, breaking down our past into orderly sections within his book. Without taking sides, the author tells the tale of how the earth’s inhabitants have evolved, all within the web of a ticking clock. In current day, we live with daylight savings, 24-hour clocks and time zones; our lives are dictated by the hour. The concept of

We are only a brief second in the long history of the universe; many things have preceded us to make us the most complex creatures that ever walked the Earth. We are a “new level of complexity” which makes us different from all other creatures that have come before us. Our species has only been around for 250,000 years, a short time compared to the formation of the Earth at 4.5 billion years ago and the creation of the Universe at 13.7 billion years ago, but the time we have had on this Earth has greatly affected the outcome of history. In an attempt to provide an overview of human history in his book This Fleeting World, David Christian introduces it in the context of the history of the universe and then systematically breaks it down

The world is advancing so rapidly today, it seems that it will never stop growing in knowledge and complexity. In the novel “The Time Machine” by H.G. Wells, The Time Traveler, as Wells calls him, travels hundreds of thousands of years into the future through time. He arrives at a world that, at first glimpse, is peaceful and clear of any worries. As The Time Traveler explores the world, he discovers that the human race has evolved into 2 distinct forms. Although the world appeared to be the Garden of Eden, it was, in reality, the Garden of Evil. Wells uses three aspects of the futuristic world to illustrate this: the setting, the Eloi, and the Murlocks.

Introduction: Attention Getter: Throughout time, humans have tried to save themselves from their destructive nature with technology which sometimes would backfire right back at them. Background Information: In There Will Come Soft Rains and By the Waters of Babylon humans have been shown to be dead because of their technology and the destruction that came within their hearts. Thesis Statement: Technology can’t save us from our destructive selves. Body Paragraph: Topic Sentence: There Will Come Soft Rains is a story showing that technology and destruction are the two causes of human vanishing.

As flames engulfed the city of Hiroshima, the world experienced the raw power and devastation brought on upon by advancements in technology. Ray Bradbury was alive during WWII and witnessed the devastating effects of advancing technology, specifically the atom bomb. Bradbury became fearful of the future and the further development of new and unfamiliar technologies. In order to warn his and future generations about the ever advancing technology, Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451. The advancement and misuse of technology degrades the quality of human life, Bradbury uses imagery to demonstrate this; he writes this book as a warning to the future generations.

Kurt Vonnegut's Galapagos was written one million years ahead of the year 1986 AD. In this book, Vonnegut argues that the ultimate effect of humanity's sociological problems with technology is that man's intelligence will be the downfall and destruction of the human race. The essential point made by Vonnegut in this work is that the "great big brains" of humanity drives people to go further into technology and create new weapons that will lead to the demolition of man kind; Vonnegut disagreed against virtually every technological development (made by “big brains”).

To begin with, Scranton describes the scenery of war in Iraq and if he would have survived and persevered this journey. Humans would have to embrace the modern advancements today’s society to outlast the Anthropocene. As a matter of fact, struggles, consequences, obstacles and death are various aspects of life that we should embrace and not ignore. The understanding of civilization is very important and acquiring the knowledge to be aware of major concerns and issues of the environment is substantial. Scranton emphasizes that humans have not progressed to avoid the “unmanageable global warning”, but humankind could live and adjust to the changes of the environment (Scranton 24). The is future is always a concern but uncertain, whereas we cannot disregard our destinies.

Throughout history, people have made works of art both praising and criticizing the development of science and technology. The novel by Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, shows an older form of this type of work, while the film, Ex Machina, shows the modern version of this. In both of the stories a new being is created, and while in the film the consequences of creating life are somewhat more thought out, both result in the deaths of the creators and others. This paper is going to analyze how different aspects of these two pieces compare including: their characters, their stories, and the themes or morals of the works. Both Frankenstein and Ex Machina involve realizing the complexities of life. They highlight the strengths and weaknesses of man, and warn of the advancements of the sciences. While neither are outright saying that science and advancement is a bad thing, they warn of the consequences of new technologies as well as the lack of understanding and planning. In the end, both of these stories warn and teach the reader or viewer about the shortcomings of mankind.

This particular passage had many wonderful themes that were clearly seen by the readers. This example of work showed how much love one can have for their family and how undying a father’s love could be towards his little girl. This novel also had the power to exert a strong use of literary devices to help the readers clearly imagine the events and were able to visualize themselves in the story with the characters. “These were the lovely bones that had grown about my absence: the connections - sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great costs, but often magnificent - that happened after I was gone, And I began to see things in a way that let me hold the earth without me in it.” (Sebold 320.)

5) However, it is not the intelligence she displays, it is her innocence and child-like appearance that the writer concentrates on the most. We are told before she approaches that she is giving “qualified smiles”, or appearing sexually mature. The way he describes her crossed ankles and feet as being lovely, further supports the characteristics of her being naïve and not sexually alluring. The author also notes Esme’s lack of compassion, this also adds to the idea of her as being innocent and unaware of the realities of war. She describes her father as being “S-L-A-I-N.” This is later used at the end of the story to mock Esme’s naïve remark that he returns from the war with all his “faculties intact.”

The Anthropocene additionally enables us to rethink the connection amongst people and whatever is left of the normal world. Regardless of when it started, the idea of the Anthropocene is noteworthy. It features the size of our effect on Earth. By characterizing another epoch, we are announcing that the effect of our activities is worldwide and irreversible. It enables us to join various talks in regards to the condition of the planet, from environmental change to loss of biodiversity to natural degradation, by distinguishing the one thing they have in like manner; they have all been influenced by human impact.

The Time machine by H.G Wells imagines what it might be like to travel into the future. Wells presents two creatures in the text that has evolved during the time. These creatures are the Eloi and the Morlocks. Even though the Eloi and the Morlocks both have human traits, the text suggests that the Eloi are more human than the Morlocks because of their body form and thinking.

Throughout hominid history, different periods have been illustrated by the defining theme, such as the Dark Ages, Nuclear Age, and Space Age. Each century is remembered for its specific aura, atmosphere, accomplishments, deeds, and developing culture. It is the prerogative of the human race that people today reach the height of prominent luxury, ever upgrading from the shadowed days the very ancient Stone age. What is being achieved today was once only a fleeting dream , believed to be too far out of reach, but man's curiosity and perseverance—the most wonderful gifts bestowed upon us fueled wholehearted efforts to convert hopes and wishes of yesteryears into reality.

Arnold Pacey published Technology in World Civilization: A Thousand Year History in the year 1991. Arnold Pacey was an associate lecturer at The Open University in Britain as well as an author to three additional books: Meaning in Technology, The Maze of Ingenuity, The Culture of Technology. He published all four of his books within a ten-year span. Arnold Pacey was trained as an engineer but is well known as a historian of technology because of the conclusions he drew of society and technology and their relationship. Society is defined as the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community. Technology is defined as the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. Technology influences every aspect of our lives today, but we often forget that it profoundly affected the lives of past generations dating back to the beginning of civilization. Perhaps not to today’s extent, but the impact was still dramatic. New inventions or innovations produced more food, created new processes and tools, made life easier and made war more devastating. This course traces the evolution of technology and its impact on civilization from the creation of elementary tools up to today’s latest devices and even looks into future technologies.

“Not forever… It will all stop someday, but not for billions of years. Many billions. Even the stars run down, you know. Entropy must increase.” “The Last Question,” a short story written by Isaac Asimov, is comprised of a series of small “chapters” which chronologically catalog the gradual collapse of the human race over several trillion years. Each of these “chapters” has a similar feel to them; each is written in a very succinct manner. In his short story, Isaac Asimov divides his composition into small “chapters” and uses succinct grammatical structure as well as character dialogue to represent the incredibly simple and finite thing that is human life.