Lords of the Cosmos

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Welcome to the Anthropocene.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Most of human history has been unremarkable and static. But Western civilization is different sustaining rapid progress for generations. And we're just getting started.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Lords of the Cosmos</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> views the story of humanity through the lens of our most profound theories of progress addressing such questions as:</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>What sparks progress? What does progress entail? What is the role of human progress in the cosmic scheme of things?</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Lords of the Cosmos </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>illustrates how humanity is the most powerful force in the universe capable of creating any object the laws of physics allow. Authors </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Arjun Khemani</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Logan Chipkin</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> argue that suffering is intimately related to staticity while creativity provides the only means to end suffering.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>An expansion of the script for the documentary of the same name the ideas in these pages hold the potential to change our world for the better.</span></p>