TIFFANY SHLAIN

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• 315,000 years ago: We Are Here Homo sapiens evolve into existence

• 147 (ish): We Are the Center of Everything! Ptolemy proposes that the sun revolves around the Earth

• 800s: We Can See Better Invention of a magnifying “reading stone,” the first lens

• 1543: We See That Earth Is Not the Center of the Solar System Copernican Revolution: Earth no longer viewed as center of the galaxy

• 1600: We Can See Closer Microscope invented  

• 1608: We Can See Farther Telescope invented

• 1876: We Can Connect With People We Cannot See Telephone invented

• 1887: We Can Reach Mass Audiences Discovery of electromagnetic waves paves the way for radio and television

• 1893: We Can See Inside Our Heads Subconscious conceived  

• 1895: We Can See Inside Our Bodies X-ray invented

• 1903: We Can See from Above Airplane invented

• 1924: We Realize We’re Not the Center of the Universe Either Edward Hubble’s findings prefigure the Big Bang Theory and show existence of other galaxies

• 1938: We Can Destroy Ourselves Discovery of nuclear fission leads to development of atomic weapons.

• 1943: We Can See the Big Picture Accidental discovery of LSD provides the mind-altering experiences humans have found in other psychedelics for millennia

• 1957: We Can See the Bigger Picture Quantum mechanics suggests the possibility of parallel universes

• 1967: We Can See Our Planet “Earthrise” photograph taken from space, and environmental movement begins

• 1989: We Can All Be Connected World Wide Web invented

• 2007: We Can Connect Anywhere/Anytime iPhone debuts

• 2009-ongoing: We Can’t Stop Connecting Anywhere/Anytime Screen addiction becomes a problem

• 2011: We See There Is No Center of the Universe and it’s rapidly expanding

• 2022- We can 2022 We Question Our Relationship with Intelligence Generative AI is released

• Today… Where Are We?