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Re:Timeline of the Far Future by nromiun on Sunday May 17, 2020 @02:30PM (#23214074)
> We live in the most interesting 200 year period of Earth so far in its 4.5B year history.

People have been saying this for centuries now. And they will probably continue to do so in the future. Our rate of progress looks so high because we are living in it. Cut to another two hundred years and 2000 will look just like 1800.

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Re:Timeline of the Far Future by RivieraKid on Sunday May 17, 2020 @09:07PM (#23217124)
For the last few centuries maybe. Your underestimating how utterly anomalous has been the last about 200 years. There's a clear contrast between that and all prior 200 year periods. The idea of progress is relatively recent, 2 thousands years ago it basically didn't exist (from the book Sapiens).
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Re:Timeline of the Far Future by pedrosorio on Sunday May 17, 2020 @02:38PM (#23214150)
From where I am standing, 1800 doesn't look anything like 1600.
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Re:Timeline of the Far Future by Rerarom on Sunday May 17, 2020 @03:09PM (#23214426)
https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/04/22/1960-the-year-the-sing...
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