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Kernel | Editor’s Note

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We are at the beginning of history. In the 4.5 billion years of Earth’s existence, humans have been here for 200,000 years,...

Kernel | Editor’s Note Issue 2 Editor’s Note written by Emily Liu We are at the beginning of history. In the 4.5 billion years of Earth’s existence, humans have been here for 200,000 years, far under one percent of the history of the planet. Further shaving down that fraction of a percent, modern civilization only formed 6,000 years ago, and the Industrial Revolution began under 300 years ago. The internet, in its initial form as ARPANET, is 53 years old, and the World Wide Web is 33. By every standard possible, we are only in the nascent stages of history. Yet, when the past is all we’ve ever

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