Advancement

Looking back ohh say 10,000 years, which in the grand scheme of things is not actually that old, it is amazing that we humans, homo sapiens sapiens, have accomplished so much. When we first came around all we had was some fire and sticks. If one of our very very old ancestors were to walk through say New York, he would be amazed. Buildings made of metal, thousands of feet tall, "fire," or electricity at the push of a button, cars, and all the other advances he could have just begging to comprehend looking at his fire and stick.

The advances we have made from then to me are amazing. It may not always seem like with some of the people you and I know but we as a species are extremely smart. We have manipulated nearly every part of the earth to cater to us,(unfortunately this is catching up with us, ie. global warming). It took thousands of years for us to populate the earth, but now we can be to any spot in the world in days time. Food is readily available to us, forget hunting it for ourselves, we can have what we want when we want. There are two other things that I think no one in ancient times could have imagined. The first being guns, missiles/atomic bombs, and just weapons in general. The days of clubs and rocks have long been gone. We as humans have the power to kill thousands and even millions by simply launching a thousand pound object. And finally, the fact that we have left this planet, and sent robots to others. Good ol' caveman looked at the sky and saw darkness with pretty lights, we no know there is a vast vast emptiness seemingly endless. What I would want to know the most though is what he would think of our society, have we lived up to his expectations.