Years Ago (Very Approximately) | Communicative and Educational Revolutions | Energy Revolutions | Stages of Development |
10 6 | Oral communication through language | Conquer of fire, biomass | Forming human society based on additional to biological type energy sources Renewable energy – first stage Exchange information between people |
10 5 | Picture and symbol communication | Solar energy, animal energy |
104 | Writing (from internal biological memory to external recorded memory) | Wind and hydro energy (from muscles to machines) |
103 | Book printing, forming of scientific systems Forming schools and universities | Mechanical energy, Thermal energy (coal, oil, gas) | Using fossil fuels (accumulating solar energy) Human civilization, scientific and technology revolutions |
102 | System of education Mass media, radio, TV | Steam energy, electrical energy, atomic energy |
101 | Computers, Internet, MOOC | Photovoltaic revolution | Current technology revolution (informatization, robotization, artificial intelligence) Extra planetary activity |
Now | Practically total interconnectivity Satellite communication Mobile communication Mass open education | Smart grids, Energy mixt Decentralized energy Space technologies |
Near future | Global earth and near space communication Internet of things Big data technology | Mixt of traditional energy and renewable energy – second stage, new sources of energy Thermonuclear energy Global energy system | Energy and information everywhere Moon and Mars exploitation |
Future | Trends of dominating distributed energy and information networks integrating by smart technologies Global technologies and Internet of everything including energy, artificial intelligence | Solar energy for the future of mankind |
Far future | Widen areal of mankind from Earth to near space |