[andsoitis]

> In the table below, I have summarized the pattern for the agricultural, financial, and four industrial revolutions

When you zoom out further, you might mark humankind’s progress a little differently like Yuval Harari does in Sapiens:

1. Cognitive Revolution (~70,000 years ago)

  • Rise of abstract thinking and complex language

  • Enabled shared myths and large-scale cooperation

2. Agricultural Revolution (~10,000 years ago)

  • Shift from foraging to farming

  • Led to food surpluses, social hierarchies, and sedentary life

3. Unification of Humankind (last few thousand years)

  • Formation of empires, 

global religions, and trade networks

  • Created large-scale political and cultural systems

4. Scientific Revolution (~500 years ago)

  • Birth of modern science and empirical inquiry

  • Fueled technological progress, capitalism, and global dominance