“Although humans have existed on this planet for perhaps 2 million years, the rapid climb to modern civilization within the last 200 years was possible due to the fact that the growth of scientific knowledge is exponential; that is, its rate of expansion is proportional to how much is already known. The more we know, the faster we can know more. For example, we have amassed more knowledge since World War II than all the knowledge amassed in our 2-million-year evolution on this planet. In fact, the amount of knowledge that our scientists gain doubles approximately every 10 to 20 years.” KnowsWorldYearsHumansWarFactsLastsGrowthKnownMillionsModernExamplePlanetsEvolutionAmountCivilizationGainsScientistRateDuesFasterWar Of The WorldsClimbsWorld War IiWorld War IExpansionRapidsScientific KnowledgeMore KnowledgeModern Civilization Author:Michio Kaku
“The universe has fascinated mankind for many, many years, dating back to the very earliest episodes of Star Trek, when the brave crew of the Enterprise set out, wearing pajamas, to explore the boundless voids of space, which turned out to be as densely populated as Queens, New York. Virtually every planet they found was inhabited, usually by evil beings with cheap costumes and Russian accents, so finally the brave crew of the Enterprise returned to Earth to gain weight and make movies.” YearsEarthUniverseEvilFoundStarsSpaceMankindNew YorkPlanetsGainsWeightDatingBraveQueensEnterpriseFascinatedVoidEpisodesAccentsCrewCostumesBoundlessPajamas Book:Dave Barry's Greatest Hits Source: Dave Barry's Greatest Hits
“The nations, and the sects, of the Roman world, admitted with equal credulity, and similar abhorrence, the reality of that infernal art [witchcraft], which was able to control the eternal order of the planets, and the voluntary operations of the human mind. . . . They believed, with the wildest inconsistency, that this preternatural dominion of the air, of earth, and of hell, was exercised, from the vilest motives of malice or gain, by some wrinkled hags and itinerant sorcerers, who passed their obscure lives in penury and contempt.” WorldMindHumansArtRealityAbleEarthOrderNationsHellAirPlanetsEqualEternalGainsOperationsMotiveHuman MindContemptObscureMaliceWitchcraftDominionSectsCredulityInconsistencyAbhorrence Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“Exploring and colonizing Mars can bring us new scientific understanding of climate change, of how planet-wide processes can make a warm and wet world into a barren landscape. By exploring and understanding Mars, we may gain key insights into the past and future of our own world.” WorldMayPastProcessUnderstandingPlanetsKeysGainsClimateClimate ChangeInsightWarmWideLandscapeWetMarsExploringBarrenColonizing Mars Author:Buzz Aldrin
“Never have the nations of the world had so much to lose, or so much to gain. Together we shall save our planet, or together we shall perish in its flames.” WorldTogetherNationsPeaceLosesPlanetsGainsFlamesTeamworkCollaborationOur PlanetSave Our Planet Author:John F. Kennedy