SlideShare uma empresa Scribd logo
1 de 16
Baixar para ler offline
The history of human connectivity, from prehistory to the present day.
© 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
Understanding our chronology as a path to change >>
© 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
Cave Paintings
Ancient humans first 

began to express
themselves, evidenced in
cave paintings.
c 40,0000 B.C.E.
State Formation
The Fertile Crescent
and its abundance of
resources led to the
earliest examples of
state formation.
c 3,500 B.C.E.
First Tablets
The Cuneiform, Dispilio
and the Tărtăria were
the first tablets and the
earliest forms of
recorded communication.
c 3,500 B.C.E.
World Map
The first world map
is recorded as
coming from the
Fertile Crescent
in Babylon.
c 600 B.C.E.
Postal Service
The Persian postal
service that used couriers
under the reign of Cyrus
the Great, was the first
information delivery
system recorded.
500 B.C.E.
In the beginning Early history
Our Ancestral Lineage
© 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
The Renaissance
The gates to the Italian
Renaissance opened up
and Masaccio depicted
human emotion in art.
c 1425 C.E.
The Printing Press
The invention of the
Gutenberg press
heralded information
for the masses and the
spread of ideas.
1450 C.E.
Power Protocols
Machiavelli’s ‘The
Prince’, was one of the
earliest and most
influential printed texts. 

It defined power
protocols for the next 

500 years.
1532 C.E.


Metaphysics
John Donne
introduced the idea of
virtual existences in
his poetry, creating the
beginnings of
metaphysics.
1609 C.E.
The Telegraph
The invention of the
telegraph meant
information could
be transmitted as
a signal.
1760 C.E.
The Renaissance
Our Ancestral Lineage
© 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
The Class System
Debrett’s ‘Peerage’
and Adam Smith’s
‘Wealth of Nations’
define an industrial
and social system.
c 1769-1776 C.E.
The Steam Engine
James Watt and
Matthew
Bolton develop the first
patents for the design of
a steam engine.
1775 C.E.
Rights of Man
Thomas Paine writes
‘The Rights of Man’ after
the French Revolution
and the American
Revolution, calling for
mass power.
1791 C.E.


Computing Power
Charles Babbage
invents the ‘Difference
Engine’ and writes ‘On
the Economy of
Machinery and
Manufactures’.
1832 C.E.
Photography
William Fox Talbot
develops the first
photographic
negative made
in a camera.
1835 C.E.
The Industrial Revolution
Our Ancestral Lineage
© 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
The Telephone
The telephone is
invented by Sir
Alexander Graham
Bell, the first person to
successfully transmit 

vocal sounds
electromagnetically.
1876 C.E.
Natural Sciences
Charles Darwin writes
‘The Origin of the
Species’ and proposes
a general theory of
evolution.
1859 C.E.
The Pneumatic Post
The pneumatic post was
the first method used
to carry information
from one place to
another remotely.
1861 C.E.
Psychology
The first faculty
studying human
behaviour is set up
at Leipzig University
by Wilhelm Wundt.
1879 C.E.
Cinema
Edwaerd Muybridge
presents his stop motion
studies at the Royal
Institution in London
in front of a sell-out
audience.
1882 C.E.
The Technical Revolution
Our Ancestral Lineage
© 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
Computing Code
Alan Turing develops
computing code with the
invention of the Enigma
machine at Bletchley
Park during WW2.
Radio
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
demonstrates the
transmission of
radio waves through
free space.
1887 C.E.
Model T Ford
Henry Ford invents
the production line
with the opening of
his first car factory.
1908 C.E.
Television
John Logie Baird
transmits a long-distance
television image over 705
km of telephone line
between London and
Glasgow.
1927 C.E.
1940 C.E.
Email
MIT’s Comparative
Time-Sharing
System (CTSS)
becomes the world’s first
e-mail system.
1965 C.E.
The Digital Revolution
Our Ancestral Lineage
© 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
Personal computing
Microsoft and Apple
launch within a year of
one another and are the
world’s first personal
computer businesses.
Arpanet
Arpanet is the first
operational packet
switching network to
implement
TCP/IP.
1969 C.E.
We go online
Compuserve, the
first major
commercial online
service, is created.
1969 C.E.
The real thing
Coca-Cola wants to
‘teach the world to sing’
and stages one of the first
ever global marketing
campaigns.
1971 C.E.
1975-6 C.E.
Test tube life
Louise Brown is born
in the UK. She is 

the first child to be
conceived through 

in-vitro fertilisation.
1978 C.E.
Early Computing
Our Ancestral Lineage
© 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
First networks
MUD and MUD 1 are the
first Multi-User Domains.
Usenet becomes the first
worldwide Internet
discussion Bulletin
Board System (BBS).
1978-9 C.E.
The first phase of sharing
The Well, the world’s first online
community begins in 1985,
ListServ, automated mailing list
management, is invented in 1986
and Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
in August 1988.
1985-1988 C.E.
Digital community
Geocities and Firefly are
two of the earliest
examples of social
networks, launched in
1994 & 1995.
1994-1995 C.E.
The Birth of the Web
E-commerce begins
Aol, Amazon, Ebay and
Yahoo are among the first
businesses to cross the
threshold from the Industrial
age to the Digital age.
1995 C.E.
Our Ancestral Lineage
Birth of the Web
Time Berners-Lee writes a
paper: ’Information
Management, A proposal’
about http protocols and
hyperlinks to create the World
Wide Web. It’s described as 

‘vague but exciting’.
1989 C.E.
© 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
Crowdsourced knowledge
Wikipedia launches in
January 2001. It becomes 

a publicly creditable and
globally crowdsourced
encyclopedia of knowledge.
1998 C.E.
Here come the platforms
Blogger, Napster, Stumble
Upon and Eopinions emerge
as early networks that enable
individuals to publish and
share content on the web.
1999 C.E.
The human genome
US President Bill Clinton
and UK Prime Minister
Tony Blair announce the
creation of the first map
of the human genome.
2000 C.E.
2001 C.E.
DNA mapping
The human genome
project, mapping the full
sequence of human
DNA, is completed.
2003 C.E.
Navigating the digital domain
Our Ancestral Lineage
Navigating the digital domain
MoveOn becomes the first
people powered digital
democracy platform.
Google develops search. 

It will become one of the key
ports of call on the internet.
© 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
Social networks
The first mass market 

social networks are born. 

Friendster is launched in
2002, followed by MySpace,
Second Life, LinkedIn, Flickr
and Delicious.
2002-4 C.E.
Network as a nation
Facebook launches in
February 2004.Ten years
later it’s the second most
populated territory on
the planet after China.
2004 C.E.
Online diversification
Digg, Ning and YouTube
arrive as more examples
of powerful networked
platforms.They focus for
sharing rich media and
online community.
2004-2005 C.E.
2005 C.E.
Cloud storage
Amazon introduces
AWS,the first storage
service in the cloud.
Twitter is launched too,
with the phrase ‘just
setting up my twttr’.
2006 C.E.
The Rise of The Network
Redefining power laws
Tony Benn overwrites
Machiavelli with his ‘5 

Questions of Power’ 

for political relationships 

in a democratically

networked age.
Our Ancestral Lineage
© 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
The iPhone
Apple create the 

iPhone, the world’s 

first smartphone.
2007 C.E.
Virtual currency
Bitcoin becomes the
world’s first virtual
currency. It introduces
the Blockchain, digitally
distributed, encrypted
technology.
2009 C.E.
Maker culture
Minecraft, an online
open world game is
launched. People can
build their own
environments.
2010 C.E.
2010 C.E.
3D Printing
3D printing, originally
developed in 1984, 

comes of age and 

consumer devices are 

available for mainstream
adoption.
2010 C.E.
Smart information
Online curation
Pinterest, Storify and
Quora all launch; 

Social networks
curating verbal and
visual knowledge 

and information.
Geolocation
Foursquare is
launched - the 

world’s first
geolocation-based
social network.
2009 C.E.
Our Ancestral Lineage
© 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
Infowar
Wikileaks release the
Afghan and Iraq war logs,
described
as ‘the beginning
of the information age
exploding upon itself ’.
2010 C.E.
Crowdfunding
Kickstarter launches as 

a crowdfunding
platform. Amanda Palmer
raises over $1million
through fan support.
2011 C.E.
2012 C.E.
One World Culture
Artificial intelligence
Siri becomes the world’s
first mainstream
intelligent personal
assistant, available
through the iPhone.
2011 C.E.
Networked value
Google+ and Empire
Avenue launch.
Condensed content
Vine launches, to
shortening attention
spans around the world,
bringing with it the
emergence of a tl:dr
digital culture.
Universal language
Psy’s video for
‘Gangnam style’
becomes the first video
to reach over 1 billion
views on YouTube.
2012 C.E.
Our Ancestral Lineage
© 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
Augmented reality
Palmer Luckey invents
Oculus Rift, an
augmented reality
headset. It debuts on
Kickstarter in 2012,
receiving $2.4 million.
2012 C.E.
Wearable tech
Google introduces
Google Glass. Its
interoperability
with humans is modelled
by Robert Scoble in
the shower.
2013 C.E.
PRISM revelations
Edward Snowden makes
information available
about NSA surveillance
in the US and around
the world.
2013 C.E.
2014 C.E.
Drone delivery
Drones enable airborne
image taking and
dispatch.They are tested
for Amazon and go on
the Apple iStore.
Augmented Humanity
The selfie
Ellen De Generes’
Oscars celebrity selfie
becomes the most
widely shared image
in the history of
online communication.
2014 C.E.
Our Ancestral Lineage
© 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
2015 C.E.
Three parent baby
Abrahim Hassan becomes
the first three person baby.
He is created from his
mum and dad plus other
genetic code from a donor
by Dr John Zhang.
2016 C.E.
Free ranging robotics
Boston Dynamics introduces
Spot, a four legged robot able
to move independently across
a variety of terrains, followed
by Atlas, a two legged version
the following year.
2016 C.E.
2017 C.E.
Triumphant AI
Google DeepMind’s
AlphaGo turns its
attention to chess and
shoji, having beaten
Ke Jie, the world’s top
human player of Go.
As digital technology
wraps itself around us
and everything we do,
where do we go next as
digital humans? 



It’s up to us.
Augmented Humanity
Recursive Intelligence
AutoML, Google’s
learning software, learns
to write learning
software, establishing a
milestone in recursive
intelligence.
2017 C.E.
Our Ancestral Lineage
Independent cells
Craig Venter creates 

JCVI-Syn 3.0 a synthetic 

cell that contains 473 genes,
the smallest genome of any
known, independent
organism.
© 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
For more information about the Emergent Code project, please visit

www.emergentcodechronicles.com and @emergecode
© 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz

Mais conteúdo relacionado

Último

How to Make a Field read-only in Odoo 17
How to Make a Field read-only in Odoo 17How to Make a Field read-only in Odoo 17
How to Make a Field read-only in Odoo 17Celine George
 
The Stolen Bacillus by Herbert George Wells
The Stolen Bacillus by Herbert George WellsThe Stolen Bacillus by Herbert George Wells
The Stolen Bacillus by Herbert George WellsEugene Lysak
 
UKCGE Parental Leave Discussion March 2024
UKCGE Parental Leave Discussion March 2024UKCGE Parental Leave Discussion March 2024
UKCGE Parental Leave Discussion March 2024UKCGE
 
How to Solve Singleton Error in the Odoo 17
How to Solve Singleton Error in the  Odoo 17How to Solve Singleton Error in the  Odoo 17
How to Solve Singleton Error in the Odoo 17Celine George
 
P4C x ELT = P4ELT: Its Theoretical Background (Kanazawa, 2024 March).pdf
P4C x ELT = P4ELT: Its Theoretical Background (Kanazawa, 2024 March).pdfP4C x ELT = P4ELT: Its Theoretical Background (Kanazawa, 2024 March).pdf
P4C x ELT = P4ELT: Its Theoretical Background (Kanazawa, 2024 March).pdfYu Kanazawa / Osaka University
 
The Singapore Teaching Practice document
The Singapore Teaching Practice documentThe Singapore Teaching Practice document
The Singapore Teaching Practice documentXsasf Sfdfasd
 
General views of Histopathology and step
General views of Histopathology and stepGeneral views of Histopathology and step
General views of Histopathology and stepobaje godwin sunday
 
Practical Research 1: Lesson 8 Writing the Thesis Statement.pptx
Practical Research 1: Lesson 8 Writing the Thesis Statement.pptxPractical Research 1: Lesson 8 Writing the Thesis Statement.pptx
Practical Research 1: Lesson 8 Writing the Thesis Statement.pptxKatherine Villaluna
 
Benefits & Challenges of Inclusive Education
Benefits & Challenges of Inclusive EducationBenefits & Challenges of Inclusive Education
Benefits & Challenges of Inclusive EducationMJDuyan
 
What is the Future of QuickBooks DeskTop?
What is the Future of QuickBooks DeskTop?What is the Future of QuickBooks DeskTop?
What is the Future of QuickBooks DeskTop?TechSoup
 
M-2- General Reactions of amino acids.pptx
M-2- General Reactions of amino acids.pptxM-2- General Reactions of amino acids.pptx
M-2- General Reactions of amino acids.pptxDr. Santhosh Kumar. N
 
5 charts on South Africa as a source country for international student recrui...
5 charts on South Africa as a source country for international student recrui...5 charts on South Africa as a source country for international student recrui...
5 charts on South Africa as a source country for international student recrui...CaraSkikne1
 
How to Add Existing Field in One2Many Tree View in Odoo 17
How to Add Existing Field in One2Many Tree View in Odoo 17How to Add Existing Field in One2Many Tree View in Odoo 17
How to Add Existing Field in One2Many Tree View in Odoo 17Celine George
 
How to Use api.constrains ( ) in Odoo 17
How to Use api.constrains ( ) in Odoo 17How to Use api.constrains ( ) in Odoo 17
How to Use api.constrains ( ) in Odoo 17Celine George
 
Drug Information Services- DIC and Sources.
Drug Information Services- DIC and Sources.Drug Information Services- DIC and Sources.
Drug Information Services- DIC and Sources.raviapr7
 
Practical Research 1 Lesson 9 Scope and delimitation.pptx
Practical Research 1 Lesson 9 Scope and delimitation.pptxPractical Research 1 Lesson 9 Scope and delimitation.pptx
Practical Research 1 Lesson 9 Scope and delimitation.pptxKatherine Villaluna
 
2024.03.23 What do successful readers do - Sandy Millin for PARK.pptx
2024.03.23 What do successful readers do - Sandy Millin for PARK.pptx2024.03.23 What do successful readers do - Sandy Millin for PARK.pptx
2024.03.23 What do successful readers do - Sandy Millin for PARK.pptxSandy Millin
 

Último (20)

How to Make a Field read-only in Odoo 17
How to Make a Field read-only in Odoo 17How to Make a Field read-only in Odoo 17
How to Make a Field read-only in Odoo 17
 
The Stolen Bacillus by Herbert George Wells
The Stolen Bacillus by Herbert George WellsThe Stolen Bacillus by Herbert George Wells
The Stolen Bacillus by Herbert George Wells
 
UKCGE Parental Leave Discussion March 2024
UKCGE Parental Leave Discussion March 2024UKCGE Parental Leave Discussion March 2024
UKCGE Parental Leave Discussion March 2024
 
Personal Resilience in Project Management 2 - TV Edit 1a.pdf
Personal Resilience in Project Management 2 - TV Edit 1a.pdfPersonal Resilience in Project Management 2 - TV Edit 1a.pdf
Personal Resilience in Project Management 2 - TV Edit 1a.pdf
 
How to Solve Singleton Error in the Odoo 17
How to Solve Singleton Error in the  Odoo 17How to Solve Singleton Error in the  Odoo 17
How to Solve Singleton Error in the Odoo 17
 
P4C x ELT = P4ELT: Its Theoretical Background (Kanazawa, 2024 March).pdf
P4C x ELT = P4ELT: Its Theoretical Background (Kanazawa, 2024 March).pdfP4C x ELT = P4ELT: Its Theoretical Background (Kanazawa, 2024 March).pdf
P4C x ELT = P4ELT: Its Theoretical Background (Kanazawa, 2024 March).pdf
 
The Singapore Teaching Practice document
The Singapore Teaching Practice documentThe Singapore Teaching Practice document
The Singapore Teaching Practice document
 
General views of Histopathology and step
General views of Histopathology and stepGeneral views of Histopathology and step
General views of Histopathology and step
 
Finals of Kant get Marx 2.0 : a general politics quiz
Finals of Kant get Marx 2.0 : a general politics quizFinals of Kant get Marx 2.0 : a general politics quiz
Finals of Kant get Marx 2.0 : a general politics quiz
 
Practical Research 1: Lesson 8 Writing the Thesis Statement.pptx
Practical Research 1: Lesson 8 Writing the Thesis Statement.pptxPractical Research 1: Lesson 8 Writing the Thesis Statement.pptx
Practical Research 1: Lesson 8 Writing the Thesis Statement.pptx
 
Benefits & Challenges of Inclusive Education
Benefits & Challenges of Inclusive EducationBenefits & Challenges of Inclusive Education
Benefits & Challenges of Inclusive Education
 
What is the Future of QuickBooks DeskTop?
What is the Future of QuickBooks DeskTop?What is the Future of QuickBooks DeskTop?
What is the Future of QuickBooks DeskTop?
 
M-2- General Reactions of amino acids.pptx
M-2- General Reactions of amino acids.pptxM-2- General Reactions of amino acids.pptx
M-2- General Reactions of amino acids.pptx
 
5 charts on South Africa as a source country for international student recrui...
5 charts on South Africa as a source country for international student recrui...5 charts on South Africa as a source country for international student recrui...
5 charts on South Africa as a source country for international student recrui...
 
Prelims of Kant get Marx 2.0: a general politics quiz
Prelims of Kant get Marx 2.0: a general politics quizPrelims of Kant get Marx 2.0: a general politics quiz
Prelims of Kant get Marx 2.0: a general politics quiz
 
How to Add Existing Field in One2Many Tree View in Odoo 17
How to Add Existing Field in One2Many Tree View in Odoo 17How to Add Existing Field in One2Many Tree View in Odoo 17
How to Add Existing Field in One2Many Tree View in Odoo 17
 
How to Use api.constrains ( ) in Odoo 17
How to Use api.constrains ( ) in Odoo 17How to Use api.constrains ( ) in Odoo 17
How to Use api.constrains ( ) in Odoo 17
 
Drug Information Services- DIC and Sources.
Drug Information Services- DIC and Sources.Drug Information Services- DIC and Sources.
Drug Information Services- DIC and Sources.
 
Practical Research 1 Lesson 9 Scope and delimitation.pptx
Practical Research 1 Lesson 9 Scope and delimitation.pptxPractical Research 1 Lesson 9 Scope and delimitation.pptx
Practical Research 1 Lesson 9 Scope and delimitation.pptx
 
2024.03.23 What do successful readers do - Sandy Millin for PARK.pptx
2024.03.23 What do successful readers do - Sandy Millin for PARK.pptx2024.03.23 What do successful readers do - Sandy Millin for PARK.pptx
2024.03.23 What do successful readers do - Sandy Millin for PARK.pptx
 

History of Human Connectivity 2018 Edition

  • 1. The history of human connectivity, from prehistory to the present day. © 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
  • 2. Understanding our chronology as a path to change >> © 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
  • 3. Cave Paintings Ancient humans first 
 began to express themselves, evidenced in cave paintings. c 40,0000 B.C.E. State Formation The Fertile Crescent and its abundance of resources led to the earliest examples of state formation. c 3,500 B.C.E. First Tablets The Cuneiform, Dispilio and the Tărtăria were the first tablets and the earliest forms of recorded communication. c 3,500 B.C.E. World Map The first world map is recorded as coming from the Fertile Crescent in Babylon. c 600 B.C.E. Postal Service The Persian postal service that used couriers under the reign of Cyrus the Great, was the first information delivery system recorded. 500 B.C.E. In the beginning Early history Our Ancestral Lineage © 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
  • 4. The Renaissance The gates to the Italian Renaissance opened up and Masaccio depicted human emotion in art. c 1425 C.E. The Printing Press The invention of the Gutenberg press heralded information for the masses and the spread of ideas. 1450 C.E. Power Protocols Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince’, was one of the earliest and most influential printed texts. 
 It defined power protocols for the next 
 500 years. 1532 C.E. 
 Metaphysics John Donne introduced the idea of virtual existences in his poetry, creating the beginnings of metaphysics. 1609 C.E. The Telegraph The invention of the telegraph meant information could be transmitted as a signal. 1760 C.E. The Renaissance Our Ancestral Lineage © 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
  • 5. The Class System Debrett’s ‘Peerage’ and Adam Smith’s ‘Wealth of Nations’ define an industrial and social system. c 1769-1776 C.E. The Steam Engine James Watt and Matthew Bolton develop the first patents for the design of a steam engine. 1775 C.E. Rights of Man Thomas Paine writes ‘The Rights of Man’ after the French Revolution and the American Revolution, calling for mass power. 1791 C.E. 
 Computing Power Charles Babbage invents the ‘Difference Engine’ and writes ‘On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures’. 1832 C.E. Photography William Fox Talbot develops the first photographic negative made in a camera. 1835 C.E. The Industrial Revolution Our Ancestral Lineage © 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
  • 6. The Telephone The telephone is invented by Sir Alexander Graham Bell, the first person to successfully transmit 
 vocal sounds electromagnetically. 1876 C.E. Natural Sciences Charles Darwin writes ‘The Origin of the Species’ and proposes a general theory of evolution. 1859 C.E. The Pneumatic Post The pneumatic post was the first method used to carry information from one place to another remotely. 1861 C.E. Psychology The first faculty studying human behaviour is set up at Leipzig University by Wilhelm Wundt. 1879 C.E. Cinema Edwaerd Muybridge presents his stop motion studies at the Royal Institution in London in front of a sell-out audience. 1882 C.E. The Technical Revolution Our Ancestral Lineage © 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
  • 7. Computing Code Alan Turing develops computing code with the invention of the Enigma machine at Bletchley Park during WW2. Radio Heinrich Rudolf Hertz demonstrates the transmission of radio waves through free space. 1887 C.E. Model T Ford Henry Ford invents the production line with the opening of his first car factory. 1908 C.E. Television John Logie Baird transmits a long-distance television image over 705 km of telephone line between London and Glasgow. 1927 C.E. 1940 C.E. Email MIT’s Comparative Time-Sharing System (CTSS) becomes the world’s first e-mail system. 1965 C.E. The Digital Revolution Our Ancestral Lineage © 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
  • 8. Personal computing Microsoft and Apple launch within a year of one another and are the world’s first personal computer businesses. Arpanet Arpanet is the first operational packet switching network to implement TCP/IP. 1969 C.E. We go online Compuserve, the first major commercial online service, is created. 1969 C.E. The real thing Coca-Cola wants to ‘teach the world to sing’ and stages one of the first ever global marketing campaigns. 1971 C.E. 1975-6 C.E. Test tube life Louise Brown is born in the UK. She is 
 the first child to be conceived through 
 in-vitro fertilisation. 1978 C.E. Early Computing Our Ancestral Lineage © 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
  • 9. First networks MUD and MUD 1 are the first Multi-User Domains. Usenet becomes the first worldwide Internet discussion Bulletin Board System (BBS). 1978-9 C.E. The first phase of sharing The Well, the world’s first online community begins in 1985, ListServ, automated mailing list management, is invented in 1986 and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) in August 1988. 1985-1988 C.E. Digital community Geocities and Firefly are two of the earliest examples of social networks, launched in 1994 & 1995. 1994-1995 C.E. The Birth of the Web E-commerce begins Aol, Amazon, Ebay and Yahoo are among the first businesses to cross the threshold from the Industrial age to the Digital age. 1995 C.E. Our Ancestral Lineage Birth of the Web Time Berners-Lee writes a paper: ’Information Management, A proposal’ about http protocols and hyperlinks to create the World Wide Web. It’s described as 
 ‘vague but exciting’. 1989 C.E. © 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
  • 10. Crowdsourced knowledge Wikipedia launches in January 2001. It becomes 
 a publicly creditable and globally crowdsourced encyclopedia of knowledge. 1998 C.E. Here come the platforms Blogger, Napster, Stumble Upon and Eopinions emerge as early networks that enable individuals to publish and share content on the web. 1999 C.E. The human genome US President Bill Clinton and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair announce the creation of the first map of the human genome. 2000 C.E. 2001 C.E. DNA mapping The human genome project, mapping the full sequence of human DNA, is completed. 2003 C.E. Navigating the digital domain Our Ancestral Lineage Navigating the digital domain MoveOn becomes the first people powered digital democracy platform. Google develops search. 
 It will become one of the key ports of call on the internet. © 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
  • 11. Social networks The first mass market 
 social networks are born. 
 Friendster is launched in 2002, followed by MySpace, Second Life, LinkedIn, Flickr and Delicious. 2002-4 C.E. Network as a nation Facebook launches in February 2004.Ten years later it’s the second most populated territory on the planet after China. 2004 C.E. Online diversification Digg, Ning and YouTube arrive as more examples of powerful networked platforms.They focus for sharing rich media and online community. 2004-2005 C.E. 2005 C.E. Cloud storage Amazon introduces AWS,the first storage service in the cloud. Twitter is launched too, with the phrase ‘just setting up my twttr’. 2006 C.E. The Rise of The Network Redefining power laws Tony Benn overwrites Machiavelli with his ‘5 
 Questions of Power’ 
 for political relationships 
 in a democratically
 networked age. Our Ancestral Lineage © 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
  • 12. The iPhone Apple create the 
 iPhone, the world’s 
 first smartphone. 2007 C.E. Virtual currency Bitcoin becomes the world’s first virtual currency. It introduces the Blockchain, digitally distributed, encrypted technology. 2009 C.E. Maker culture Minecraft, an online open world game is launched. People can build their own environments. 2010 C.E. 2010 C.E. 3D Printing 3D printing, originally developed in 1984, 
 comes of age and 
 consumer devices are 
 available for mainstream adoption. 2010 C.E. Smart information Online curation Pinterest, Storify and Quora all launch; 
 Social networks curating verbal and visual knowledge 
 and information. Geolocation Foursquare is launched - the 
 world’s first geolocation-based social network. 2009 C.E. Our Ancestral Lineage © 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
  • 13. Infowar Wikileaks release the Afghan and Iraq war logs, described as ‘the beginning of the information age exploding upon itself ’. 2010 C.E. Crowdfunding Kickstarter launches as 
 a crowdfunding platform. Amanda Palmer raises over $1million through fan support. 2011 C.E. 2012 C.E. One World Culture Artificial intelligence Siri becomes the world’s first mainstream intelligent personal assistant, available through the iPhone. 2011 C.E. Networked value Google+ and Empire Avenue launch. Condensed content Vine launches, to shortening attention spans around the world, bringing with it the emergence of a tl:dr digital culture. Universal language Psy’s video for ‘Gangnam style’ becomes the first video to reach over 1 billion views on YouTube. 2012 C.E. Our Ancestral Lineage © 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
  • 14. Augmented reality Palmer Luckey invents Oculus Rift, an augmented reality headset. It debuts on Kickstarter in 2012, receiving $2.4 million. 2012 C.E. Wearable tech Google introduces Google Glass. Its interoperability with humans is modelled by Robert Scoble in the shower. 2013 C.E. PRISM revelations Edward Snowden makes information available about NSA surveillance in the US and around the world. 2013 C.E. 2014 C.E. Drone delivery Drones enable airborne image taking and dispatch.They are tested for Amazon and go on the Apple iStore. Augmented Humanity The selfie Ellen De Generes’ Oscars celebrity selfie becomes the most widely shared image in the history of online communication. 2014 C.E. Our Ancestral Lineage © 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
  • 15. 2015 C.E. Three parent baby Abrahim Hassan becomes the first three person baby. He is created from his mum and dad plus other genetic code from a donor by Dr John Zhang. 2016 C.E. Free ranging robotics Boston Dynamics introduces Spot, a four legged robot able to move independently across a variety of terrains, followed by Atlas, a two legged version the following year. 2016 C.E. 2017 C.E. Triumphant AI Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo turns its attention to chess and shoji, having beaten Ke Jie, the world’s top human player of Go. As digital technology wraps itself around us and everything we do, where do we go next as digital humans? 
 
 It’s up to us. Augmented Humanity Recursive Intelligence AutoML, Google’s learning software, learns to write learning software, establishing a milestone in recursive intelligence. 2017 C.E. Our Ancestral Lineage Independent cells Craig Venter creates 
 JCVI-Syn 3.0 a synthetic 
 cell that contains 473 genes, the smallest genome of any known, independent organism. © 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz
  • 16. For more information about the Emergent Code project, please visit
 www.emergentcodechronicles.com and @emergecode © 2018 Emergent Code Chronicles by Anne McCrossan. For more information visit www.emergentcodechronicles.com @emergecode @Annemcx @VisceralBiz