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I like the idea mentioned by this book that it’s collective knowledge which sets us apart from other homo-like species.

13.8B years from hydrogen to iPhones.
Never realized how powerful collective learning and innovation really are, or how much faster they keep pushing us toward greater complexity.
What lies ahead is even more interesting: sustaining life, reaching farther, maybe even bending cosmic rules we now treat as fixed.
AI could make that curve much steeper, and bring what once looked centuries away much closer.

"We have a growing sense of historical agency, no longer consigned to a passive, inanimate universe that quietly awaits its fate. We have acquired ability to grow, change, innovate and where possible, to stave off our demise."