In history, people have attempted to explain the earth and humans’ position in it. A lot of people from various eras, religions, and races have uttered tales to describe, with magnificence and wonder, the roots and presence of human beings, Earth, animals, the universe, and the stars.Globalization, as well as our extremely dynamic present knowledge economy, has disintegrated belief in conventional root tales. However, the fact is that the present scientific understanding entails that people could not describe our roots and growth.

The Premise

What we understand has been that this huge explosion formed this universe 13.8 billion years previously – the initial of the range of important occurrences in the human chronicle. Also, we can tell what occurred after a fragment of a nanosecond following that instant.At that moment, our universe had even been tinier compared to an atom. It is difficult for our minds to understand some things, such as atoms, sizes; however, you could put millions of atoms in the point of an “i” with ease.Everything, from time, space and matter, started from that point.

The Big Bang

To start with, we had energy only, which immediately divided into various forces, like electromagnetism and gravity. In a split second, the simple matter appeared, and after it was complicated formations, while neutrons and protons – very tiny particles – combine to form nuclei. Anything occurred within minutes; however, with the cooling of this universe, everything impeded further.  The universe started out as something unthinkably small, with every matter and energy that is in our universe presently gathered to that, and it has been increasing since then.

The Formation Of Everything From The Unthinkable

Stars just came into existence 100000000 years following the huge explosion, at the time matter and gravity offered the goldilocks circumstances for any star to create.After a big star disappears, gravity crushes a star's essence with great strength, and a star shatters with immense energy.

The Emergence of Stars

This world was created by the buildup of debris-roughly 4,500,000,000 years previouslyWe are owed to the Sun for three things: energy, light, and heatThe creation of the globe has been a chaotic outcome of star formation, which happens in parts of space full of plumes of chemical substances.Near to the rays, where the creation of rocky planets such as Mars, Venus, and Earth took place, was a part filled with chemical substances such as iron, oxygen, and aluminium.

Our Solar System

<ul><li>Mild temperatures are important to existence, and the World possesses in-built systems that sustain them.</li><li>Rain comprises carbon, which ultimately finds its path to this World's cloak, the place it is kept for a long time.</li><li>Decreased carbon signifies less CO2 and this signifies colder temperatures.</li><li>During the cold period, less rain pours, this signifies that the kept carbon is less. CO2 degrees accumulate and things become warmer.</li><li>And when it gets really hot, more rain happens and everything cooled back down.</li></ul>

The Bedrock Of Life

<ul><li>Photosynthesis had been a powerful blessing for the initial, one-celled existence that assisted to trigger a biological innovation.</li><li>The progressive revolution of photosynthesis indicated the initial energy success in life history.</li><li>Unexpectedly, the energy was nearly infinite, and prokaryotes could multiply and spread. - 3000000000 years ago, oxygen levels in the atmosphere increased intensely, and the quantity of life in the oceans rose to nearly 10% of present grades.</li></ul>

Photosynthesis

<ul><li>Development and the annihilation of dinosaurs assisted the large structures of existence to grow that would ultimately produce mankind</li><li>Fungi, plants, and animals evolved and moved to land from oceans.</li><li>The appearance of existence on land caused expansion.</li><li>Life developed to be more clever due to advancement.</li><li>Adaptation increased information processing since information increased information.</li></ul>

Early Life On Earth

<ul><li>According to the criteria of our universe, we are really young.</li><li>In only the past 6000000 years (know that our universe is at the age of 13800000000, and initial huge living organisms came 600000000 years previously), we people have made our own means, growing independently from primates.</li><li>The language ability allowed the difficulty and accuracy of the shared info that showed to become revolutionary since it allowed training together - the buildup and transferring of one person's knowledge to another person and from one generation to another.</li></ul>

From Apes To Humans

<ul><li>The practice of agriculture developed in reaction to population densities.</li><li>Initially, humans were hesitant cultivators.</li><li>As village societies turned out to be the standard lifestyle, communities had to make novel principles and conduct, and humans started working further as one</li></ul>

Agriculture

<ul><li>With the development of agriculture, it produced surpluses that allowed the growth of more difficult agrarian communities</li><li>Surplus food from farming signified that they had an excess of humans in time at hand since not everybody had to labour the ground.</li><li>At the time individuals do not have to use their entire time for agriculture, they possess time to produce and trade pots for instance.</li></ul>

The Growth Of Trade

<ul><li>In just 100 years, people have accomplished huge advancements as data and concepts travelled across seas and were interchanged faster than any time previously</li><li>Fossil fuels' energy provided communities with further energy compared to what is offered by agriculture and transformed human life.</li></ul>

Fossil Fuels

<ul><li>Since World War II, we've seen the extreme rise of financial advancement in history, caused largely by technological advancements and fossil fuels</li><li>Economic advancement signifies that the experience of people is currently totally different from the ones our ancestors had</li><li>One disadvantage to economic growth is a huge inequality, proven most strongly by the fact that presently; 45000000 individuals are enslaved</li><li>Biodiversity is falling forever, with figures of extermination presently 100s of times quicker than that of the past millions of years</li></ul>

The Last Seventy Years

<ul><li>The following days are for us to create.</li><li>In the long term, The World would be sterile and ultimately the Sun would consume it</li><li>We are getting close to the biodiversity boundary, and we are getting nearer to the boundaries for climate change.</li><li>John Stuart Mill, the 19th-century economist, chose the notion of a tomorrow with no continuous development.</li><li>Attaining a world that could survive is an aim worth targeting, it would signify that human communities can exist for thousands, perhaps a lot of centuries to come.</li></ul>

The Future Of Earth

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This New York Times bestseller "elegantly weaves evidence and insights . . . into a single, accessible historical narrative" (Bill Gates) and presents a captivating history of the universe -- from the Big Bang to dinosaurs to mass globalization and beyond. Most historians study the smallest slivers of time, emphasizing specific dates, individuals, and documents. But what would it look like to study the whole of history, from the big bang through the present day -- and even into the remote future? How would looking at the full span of time change the way we perceive the universe, the earth, and our very existence? These were the questions David Christian set out to answer when he created the field of "Big History," the most exciting new approach to understanding where we have been, where we are, and where we are going. In Origin Story, Christian takes readers on a wild ride through the entire 13.8 billion years we've come to know as "history." By focusing on defining events (thresholds), major trends, and profound questions about our origins, Christian exposes the hidden threads that tie everything together -- from the creation of the planet to the advent of agriculture, nuclear war, and beyond. With stunning insights into the origin of the universe, the beginning of life, the emergence of humans, and what the future might bring, Origin Story boldly reframes our place in the cosmos.

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For years, writers, scientists and entrepreneurs have shown us visions of our future relationships with computers and robots.Should we aim for total automation with the target of greater safety and higher efficiency? Or should we aspire to augmentation – using technology to enhance our abilities without replacing us? As <a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-technology/artificial-intelligence-ai/">artificial intelligence</a> and robotics mature enough to become integrated into everyday life, we need to start making this choice. We need to choose wisely, or we might just automate ourselves and the natural world out of existence.

Making Computers Better Vs Using Them To Enhance Ourselves

Humans have always been fascinated by automation. Centuries ago, mechanical creations called automatons were constructed to mimic musicians playing, birds singing, or animals moving. Much of the Industrial Revolution was premised on the idea that automation is better: fabrics could be woven faster and cheaper. Never mind the pollution or the awful working conditions – the products are so much more affordable!

People Love Automation

We can use artificial intelligence to drive our vehicles, to design products, even to compose music or make art. Artificial intelligence will soon be able to imitate our images and sounds in an almost perfect way, meaning that actors and performers can be computer-generated. Artificial intelligence can generate text in any style and content, so writing can be automated. It can understand our patterns of behaviour and influence us automatically – enabling the marketeers’ dream of encouraging us to purchase or vote in ways we otherwise might not.

Automating Vs Assisting

The whole philosophy of augmented intelligence is to put humans first, and technology second. However, we are currently biased towards complete automation as it pushes the frontiers. When we fully automate systems, we put technology first and humans second. A fully automated factory is designed to make the robots work optimally, not necessarily to be safe or comfortable for human workers.

Augmented Intelligence

Those who favour automation are increasingly squeezing the augmented intelligence solutions out. We’ve now got the technology to do it. If my word processor can check spelling and grammar, why not let it reword the whole sentence? Or write the entire piece? If my car can avoid a collision, why not let it drive? If my art package can blur the background of an image, why not let it create a new background? Or a new image? If my medical software can suggest drugs, why not let it diagnose and treat me? it’s cheaper, more efficient, faster and better.

Pushing Automation Not Augmented Solutions That Assist

People are the most flexible and adaptive part of any factory, so instead of trying to replace them with difficult-to-program and complex robots, perhaps it would make more sense to enhance the capabilities of experienced workers with robotic tools that they can control, combining the speed and efficiency of robots with the adaptability of people.

People first, technology second

Everything changes if we put people first. Instead of aiming for fully autonomous vehicles, why not aim for superhuman drivers? Technology that makes drivers better, safer, more aware and makes the task of driving more engaging?The same artificial intelligence tech used in autonomous vehicles can be used to achieve this, providing drivers with more multisensory feedback. See the accident two miles away on a heads-up windscreen display long before your eyes could. Be alerted to invisible black ice on the road. See the cyclist dressed in black on a dark country road with no lights.

Better Human Driving: Assisting Not Replacing

Artificial intelligence can, in theory, enable us to replace all actors, singers, musicians and composers. But while this might be cheaper than paying their salaries, it’s putting the technology before the people. Wouldn’t it be better to ensure that all our art is created by artists, but that those artists have high-tech tools to help them create their works? Don’t replace the actor or disguise her skill through post-production; give her the ability to fine-tune her image as she performs, digitally altering her appearance and sound to suit her performance.

Enhance, Not Replace

Artificial intelligence can already design for us automatically. It can do everything from creating radical new architecture from scratch, to optimising angles on wind turbine blades. It is better to amplify designers’ creativity by using artificial intelligence to assist them with the tedious, routine and constraint-based aspects of their work so they have more time to focus on the art of designing.

Amplify Human Creativity

The misuse of some artificial intelligence methods has already caused major problems. Automated news curation has been designed to feed us more of the things we like, and sometimes prioritises messages that are more likely to cause upset, such as Facebook’s automatic policy that prioritises messages that provoked bigger reactions. These automated learning systems result in <a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/future-technology/social-networks-are-built-to-turn-us-against-each-other-can-we-fix-them/">our societies polarising around certain views</a>, leading to radicalisation and distortions in the democratic process.

Automatic News Feeds: The Dangerous Echo-Chamber

The use of augmented intelligence enables people to make these decisions in a safer and more informed manner. Instead of automated news curation, artificial intelligence can be used to present us with a balanced choice of different topics and opinions. if we use artificial intelligence to help provide varied and balanced online media content, then the minds and education of populations become healthy and strong.

Artificial Intelligence Used Wisely

Artificial intelligence and robots aren’t evil or inherently bad technologies, any more than were the machines of the Industrial Revolution. When misused for poorly conceived automation, often in the name of efficiency improvements, profitability, or even safety, they cause great harm. But when applied for the good of people, these new, advanced technologies have the power to make us better than we have ever been.

Tools Are Not Good Or Bad

Dumb automation is for the short-sighted. Augment your intelligence – use tech to make you better at what you do. The trick is to be aware that what you use will change you. So use solutions that put people first, solutions that enable you to make your own, more informed, decisions. Don’t be a victim of bad tech. Choose technologies that make you a superhuman.

No To Dumb Automation

Why are we working so hard to make computers that compute better, when we could be using computers to help us think and act better?

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Every organization faces a unique set of challenges and contexts. There are strategic moments in an organization’s journey that have a disproportionate impact on outcomes. 
Getting them right creates a multiplier effect on other activities as people learn new ways of working and increase their advocacy for the program of work.

A Fresh Imperative To Act

If you want your culture’s defining traits to be inclusivity, empowerment, and collaboration, the strategy process must reflect this desire. Opening up strategy development to participation, away from the typical top-down, closed approach, is a crucial act. 
It might involve running “dream sessions” in which employees envision the future of the company or contests designed to encourage participation and co-creation from customers, suppliers, and partners.

Strategy Development

If you want to encourage more curiosity as a cultural trait, negotiations should involve sufficient time spent understanding the interests of the parties involved and exploring a range of options for mutual gain.

Negotiations with Third Parties

The messages imparted to recruits in the selection and onboarding process should reflect the strategic priorities (as communicated to the candidates), while the interviewers (and others involved) should demonstrate the desired traits and behaviors.

Recruitment Of Key Talent

There are important moments with employees—if they are new to the organization, underperforming, ambitious, or looking for a change in roles—in which it’s vital to discuss and clarify strategic priorities and expectations for performance and behavior.

Critical Conversations With Employees

In crisis situations, be honest about the scale of the problems, transparent about how long it will likely take to recover, clear about the actions you want people to take, and positive about opportunities ahead in line with the strategy. 
People remember the words and sentiments of leaders in times of crises far more than in other moments.

Crisis Performance

A launch is one of the most high-profile actions in the eyes of customers, let alone employees. 
It should exemplify the strategic direction of the business and showcase the culture the organization is looking to evolve.

Launch Of New Services, Products, Or Experiences

Creating the structures that incentivize performance in line with the strategy requires careful design, consultation, and implementation. 
Short-term, individualistic performance measures will rarely enable a strategy founded on collaboration.

Performance Review

Managing to focus on each of the imprintable moments individually should not be that difficult.
Focusing on all of them consistently and coherently is much harder, yet it is critical if you want to embed new organizational norms and behaviors that support the strategic intent.

Mastering The Connection Between Strategy And Culture

There are four actions that leaders need to take to help navigate that journey successfully: 
<ul>
<li>Start in the Right place by understanding the current link between your company’s strategy and culture.</li>
<li>Create a common language for your strategy and culture teams to use.</li>
<li>Explore the potential of the culture by learning about mindsets, skill sets and practices.</li>
<li>Understanding the expectations of the strategy and communicating in a way that everyone understands.</li>
</ul>

The Four Actions

Business leaders often are tempted to focus on strategy over culture. But the strongest companies take four key actions that deliver the best of both.

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Freud proposed that the human psyche comprises three separate but related parts that form a person's personality.
<ul>
<li>The id</li>
<li>The ego</li>
<li>The superego</li>
</ul>
Freud suggested that the three parts develop at different times and have different roles but work together to form a whole.

Sigmund Freud's theory of personality

Freud's work is often viewed with scepticism as it was based on observations and case studies of his patients, not on empirical research.
However, Freuds' theories are still thought of as important and used as the foundation of psychoanalysis.

Freud's highly influential work

Id is already seen at birth and is directed by instinct, desire and need. The id is fuelled by the pleasure principle and wants all impulses immediately satisfied. The id drives newborn's behaviour - their immediate needs drive them. Since the id is an unconscious entity, it never considers reality and consequently remains illogical and selfish.

Id: The earliest part of personality

Just like the id, the ego strives for pleasure, but realistically. Ego ensures to keep id in check and express it in socially acceptable ways. The ego may delay gratification, compromise, or anything else that will avoid the negative consequences of going against the norm. Freud used the term ego to refer to one's sense of self. However, the word now refers to functions like judgment, regulation, and control.

Ego is the second part of personality

The superego controls the id and tries to get the ego to aspire to moralistic standards. The superego emerges between the ages of 3 and 5 and differentiates between right and wrong. The superego consists of:<ul><li>The conscious. This part forbids unacceptable behaviours and punishes with feelings of guilt.</li><li>The ego ideal or ideal self. This includes rules and standards of good behaviour one should follow.</li></ul>

Superego is the moral compass

The ego is the mediator between the id, the superego, and reality. The ego works out how to meet the id's needs while upholding social reality and the moral standards of the superego. When there is a balance between the id, ego, and superego, Freud claimed that it resulted in a healthy personality. If one of the parts of personality dominated over the other, difficulties would result. For example, if the id dominates, a person may act on their impulses and disregard the rules of society.

The Mediating ego

<ul><li>Freud's theory oversimplifies the complexity of human nature.</li><li>Freud taught that the superego develops in childhood because children are afraid of punishment and pain. But research shows that children who fear punishment the most do not develop morality, but just want to avoid being caught and punished.</li></ul>

Critique of Freud's theory of personality

One of Sigmund Freud’s most well-known ideas was that the human personality is composed of the id, the ego, and the superego.

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Before doing anything about an issue it is important to evaluate the variables. Have you or the company done anything other than rational that people could perceive as wrong?
Businesses are faced with mob-like cancel culture that presents as legitimate threats whether they may be factual or otherwise. Social media demonstrates that anyone alike is more than willing to lie about your company.

Determine The Impact

<ol>
<li>Identify which media outlets are likely to be interested in the story and sort out the ones you have a good reputation with from those who are antagonistic towards you.</li>
<li>Depending on the circumstances you can take two paths: If you're being falsely accused, drown out negative publicity with overwhelming positive news, otherwise, tell your side of the story and take full accountability.</li>
<li>Develop talking points and stick to resolving the situation in a factual manner to avoid escalation.</li>
</ol>

Plan, Plan, Plan!

Learn how to move fast and aggressively. The momentum often determines the outcome of the crisis.
There are two things you should leverage proactively: media coverage and SEO (search engine optimization). With media coverage you'll be able to overwhelm the media cycle long enough for people to lose interest in the negative story while the latter will help control the search results for your company.
Lastly, lock down reviews on social media and only keep relevant comments and posts.

Execute Your Plan

It's critical to know not only what to do, but also what not to do.

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Most of us live to minimize uncertainty, as it seems like a cause of a host of problems like anxiety, frustration, health issues, financial problems and relationship issues.
But uncertainty is not the terrible thing we make it to be, and it is possible to find joy and delight in the feeling of uncertainty.

Uncertainty: A Fact Of Life

Much as we avoid it, uncertainty is a stage of growth and learning. It is uncertainty that gets us into intimate relationships, creativity and anything new in our lives. We discover, play, dance and grow only with uncertainty. The most meaning and joy we have experienced in our lives have always been periods of deep uncertainty.
Being uncertain and moving into the unknown is an adventure that makes life worth living if we allow ourselves to be open to embracing the feeling.

Finding Delight In Uncertainty

<ol>
<li>Notice uncertainty in a task, and the bodily sensation or resistance you feel.</li>
<li>Instead of avoidance, get in a playful mode and commit to being with the uncertainty of the task.</li>
<li>Seek the opportunity and joy that may be in the task. Example: If you find public speaking filled with uncertainty, see how awesome it would be if your speech goes great and you rock on the stage.</li>
<li>Perform a physical activity (dancing, jumping) that takes over your mindset, pushing it into the mode of adventure and delight.</li>
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Practice Loving The Unknown

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“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”

“Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.”

“All problems become smaller when you confront them instead of dodging them.”

“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

“Sometimes problems don’t require a solution to solve them; Instead they require maturity to outgrow them.”

“Every problem is a gift. Without them we wouldn’t grow”

“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”

“If you can solve your problem, then what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, then what is the use of worrying?”

“It isn’t that they cannot find the solution. It is that they cannot see the problem.”

“Problems are nothing but wake-up calls for creativity.”

“We fail more often because we solve the wrong problem than because we get the wrong solution to the right problem.”

“If you are unable to understand the cause of a problem, it is impossible to solve it.”

“A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”

“Inside of every problem lies an opportunity.”

“You can increase your problem-solving skills by honing your question-asking ability.”

“Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.”

“All life is problem solving.”

Great minds give you the benefit of their experience.

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Quotes to Change How You Think About Problems

There are three common patterns to the problem of motivation:
<ul>
<li>Drive: You don't have a strong enough desire to learn.</li>
<li>Anxiety: You have a strong aversion to learning.</li>
<li>Distraction: You have something else that draws your attention.</li>
</ul>
The difficulties we have in learning are not just related to strategy. Sometimes you know what to do, but don't do it.

Common patterns to the problem of motivation

Without a drive to learn, it's hard to get going. Weak drives include expectations from family, teachers, or employers. It's the things you have to do, but don't want to do.
You can change this, but you need an inspiring goal to get you started. If your project doesn't excite you, no advice will help.

Having a weak drive to learn

Sometimes you are excited to learn, but you still avoid getting started. You may worry about the fear of failure, feedback, or performing. If you expose yourself to the thing you find unpleasant and nothing bad happens, your fear will lessen.
Reframing is often helpful in overcoming this problem. Begin each studying session with the idea that you will find it hard.

Problems of anxiety when learning something

Distraction is not always bad. The problem is when distraction becomes compulsive. Create rules that will prevent toxic distraction.
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<li>Set time limits and caps on all digital distractions.</li>
<li>Work on one project at a time, see it through until the end.</li>
<li>Never quit on the uphill. Don't stop when you've just got a question wrong.</li>
</ul>

Problems of distraction when you're learning

There are three common reasons you can't motivate yourself to study. 1. A weak goal can thwart your progress. 2. Resistence, anxiety can keep you...

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Boost Your Motivation to Learn Hard Things | Scott H Young

A career used to look like this: study a skill at a specific institution, get a related job, and grow your knowledge at the same company over the course of your career. You may have switched to one or two other companies.
Today, it is different. The average job tenure has gone from ten years to less than three years. In many occupations, existing skills will become obsolete, making lifelong learning essential to adapt to the fast-paced environment.

Lifelong learning as a necessity

Beyond the obvious benefits, lifelong learning offers many economic incentives:
<ul>
<li>Adapt to a changing market. Some jobs are getting automated; others are being created.</li>
<li>Spot new opportunities. When we expose ourselves to knowledge in various fields, we are able to solve more complex problems and come up with new ideas.</li>
<li>Explore different career paths. Developing adjacent skills is a good way to widen your career perspective as it is unlikely you will be staying in the same job for your entire career.</li>
</ul>

The benefits of lifelong learning

Lifelong learning extends beyond formal adult education.
<ul>
<li>Online courses. Lifelong learners have access to educational material from the best sources through independent educators and established institutions alike.</li>
<li>Knowledge work. Knowledge workers often use self-directed learning to acquire the knowledge they need to stay ahead.</li>
<li>Personal learning environments. Many adults are choosing to design their own learning using a note-taking app or joining learning communities.</li>
</ul>

An extended approach to lifelong learning

Lifelong learning often requires to switch from a pedagogical (instructor-driven) to an andragogical (adult-driven) approach.
<ul>
<li>Decide on a learning goal. Focus on one or two goals at a time.</li>
<li>Map out your learning constraints. Find out what is available out there, if it will fit your budget and your time available.</li>
<li>Design your learning environment. Choose a course, a book, a tutor or another way. The most important step is to get started, then tweak as you go.</li>
<li>Practice metacognition to understand where you could make improvements.</li>
<li>Make it enjoyable.</li>
</ul>

How to become a lifelong learner

Lifelong learning: an educational and economic necessity - Ness Labs

“One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.”

“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”

“Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.”

Underneath your fears lie great opportunities. Because when you start doing the things that scare you the most, tearing down the invisible barriers that separate you from the good life, you become the person you've always dreamed about in your mind: your ideal self. That means finding your courage is a life-changing decision.

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