westman just recently turned twenty years old. he has been aging one year for every one of our...
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Westman just recently turned
twenty years old. He has been aging one
year for every one of our centuries, since he turned ten years old in our year 1000.
I asked Westman to describe the single most interesting
event in each of his last ten years.
This was his answer.
WESTMAN
The Last Ten Years
10years old
The first of a series of strange
journeys
10
Mother sent me on a journey to a faraway land. I saw strange people and places, and learned that the world is a bigger place than I ever knew.
The Crusades
11 years old
I met my grandfather
11
He seemed incredibly wise and I was comforted just by
knowing that I came from him
11
The Rediscovery of Aristotle
12 years oldI argued with
Vincent --insisting that he take me more seriously.
12I even made him sign a
piece of paper promising to take my wishes into account
12
13 years old
Adolescence -- a dramatic explosion
13
I began to create – to paint, to write music and poetry
Mother was delighted. She supported me every step of the way
14 years old
My voice changed
The Guttenberg Printing Press
15 years oldI fought with
motherI insisted that I could and would think for myselfShe was not pleased.
15
The Reformation
Martin Luther
16 years old
I discovered that the world
is a logical place
16SCIENCE
SCIENCECopernicus
GALILEONewton
17 years old
I fought with Vincent
17 Political
RevolutionI would no longer do whatever Vincent wanted. I would think for myself and be free and independent.
18 years old
I began to work
18 and 19The Days
Industry
Henry Ford
.. and buy
Uncertainty sets in
18 years oldNight
Charles Darwin
Karl Marx
Sigmund Freud
What used to be certain is not any more
19 years oldThe Day
Back to work
The unknown and the unease run even
deeper
19 years oldThe Night
Relativity
E = MC2
The Uncertainty
Principle
E = MC2
Uncertainty
Relativity
Quantum Mechanics
Uncertainty
Quantum Mechanics
Undecidability
Probability
Relativity
Uncertainty
Quantum Mechanics
Undecidability
Probability
Relativity
Westman –Now 20
years old
The theme of the millennium
The ascendance of the individual
A review
1000 The Crusades1100 Aristotle Rediscovered
1200 The Magna Carta
1500 The Reformation
1600 Scientific Revolution1700 Political Revolution
1300 The Renaissance
1400 The Printing Press
1800 and 1900Productive Days & Uncertain Nights
1000 The Crusades1100 Aristotle Rediscovered
1200 The Magna Carta
1500 The Reformation
1600 Scientific Revolution1700 Political Revolution
1800 and 1900
1300 The Renaissance
1400 The Printing Press
Productive Days & Uncertain Nights