Since our first hairy ancestor discovered the secret of fire in that dismal cave all those years ago, humankind has made some pretty impressive leaps forward. We began as hunters and gatherers, and when the ranks of buffalo and mammoths were growing thin, we discovered the practice of crop cultivation. Along the way we picked up everything from organized religion and warfare, as well as government and legal practices that form the foundation of our societies today.
Progressing through the 18th century "age of enlightenment" with its leaps forward in philosophy, science, and intellectual thought; the 19th century with its industrial revolution, we come upon the most impressive century of them all: the 20th.
Undoubtedly the generation that saw the rise of the airplane, the combustion automobile and the rocket ship lived through an uncommon era. Never had civilization progressed so quickly through the cosmos of knowledge. Suddenly, he could now cure diseases from which humans had been suffering since the very beginning. He created machines and computers to help him with the toil of his work. His understanding of everything from the macro to the infinite was unprecedented. It was as if the Tower of Babel had emerged from the sands of time and pointed again to the majesty of mankind.
But perhaps the most curious happening of them all has to be the teenage millionaire.
