Fifteen views of evolution: When plotted on a logarithmic graph, 15 separate lists of key events in history and prehistory are claimed by Ray Kurzweil to show an exponential trend. Graphed by Ray Kurzweil, based on lists compiled by Theodore Modis, who "attempted to develop a precise mathematical law that governs the evolution of change and complexity in the Universe". To reduce bias, Modis compiled thirteen multiple independent lists of major events in the history of biology and technology from the sources listed below. The lists have between 12 and 47 events, and most of them have between 15 and 20 events. Kurzweil also plots two lists from Modis. While Kurzweil used Modis' resources, and Modis' work was around accelerating change, Modis' distanced himself from Kurzweil's thesis of there being a "technological singularity" [1].
Lists
The first 14 lists are included in the following source:
Göran Burenhult, ed. The First Humans: Humans Origins and History to 10,000 BC, HarperSanFrancisco, 1993. 23 events.
D. Johanson and B. Edgar, From Lucy to Language, Siemens & Schuster, 1996. 14 events.
Richard Coren, The Evolutionary Trajectory: The Growth of Information in the History and Future of Earth, World Futures General Evolution Studies, Gordon and Breach,, 1998. 13 events.
**Theodore Modis. The Limits of Complexity and Change. The Futurist, (May-June 2003) 26-32.[2]. 28 events. **Note: Does not appear in source of 14 other lists.
Reference
Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity Is Near : When Humans Transcend Biology, Viking Adult, 2005, ISBN0670033847. Graph appears on p.19, description is p.18-20 plus notes on p.501-502.
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{{svg|graph}} == Summary == When plotted on a logarithmic graph, 15 separate lists of key events in human history show an exponential trend. Lists prepared among others by Carl Sagan, Paul D. Boyer, Encyclopedia Britannica, American Museum of Natural His