- Water, 1400
- Land, 1840
- Gold, 1850
- Wire, 1880
- Air, 1900
- Celluloid, 1920
- Plastic, 1950
- Space, 1960
- Silicon, 1980
- Networks, 1990
- Data, 2000
(via davidhoffman)
what’s the next frontier?
Using that data for “personalization” says web 2.0. dbreunig:
Interesting List on human frontiers through the ages
I’m no futurist, but it would seem to me the next frontier is batteries.
I would like to add a missing epic decade • The mind, 1970