unlᴏcᴋɪng thᴇ fɪᴠᴇ pɪllaʀs: a cᴏᴍpʀᴇhᴇnsɪᴠᴇ ʀᴇᴠɪᴇw ᴏf cɪᴠɪlɪzatɪᴏn's fᴏundatɪᴏns
pʀᴇdɪctɪng thᴇ what 5 thɪngs ᴍaᴋᴇ a cɪᴠɪlɪzatɪᴏn ʀᴇᴠᴏlutɪᴏn thᴇ futuʀᴇ ᴏf cɪᴠɪlɪzatɪᴏn ɪs a tᴏpɪc that has ʙᴇᴇn dᴇʙatᴇd ʙʏ phɪlᴏsᴏphᴇʀs, scɪᴇntɪsts, and futuʀɪsts fᴏʀ cᴇntuʀɪᴇs. whɪlᴇ thᴇʀᴇ ɪs nᴏ ᴏnᴇ dᴇfɪnɪtɪᴠᴇ answᴇʀ, thᴇʀᴇ aʀᴇ a nuᴍʙᴇʀ ᴏf ᴋᴇʏ factᴏʀs that aʀᴇ lɪᴋᴇlʏ tᴏ shapᴇ thᴇ waʏ ᴏuʀ cɪᴠɪlɪzatɪᴏns ᴇᴠᴏlᴠᴇ ɪn thᴇ ʏᴇaʀs tᴏ cᴏᴍᴇ. ᴏnᴇ ᴏf thᴇ ᴍᴏst ɪᴍpᴏʀtant factᴏʀs ɪs tᴇchnᴏlᴏgʏ. thᴇ ʀapɪd pacᴇ ᴏf tᴇchnᴏlᴏgɪcal ɪnnᴏᴠatɪᴏn ɪs alʀᴇadʏ haᴠɪng a pʀᴏfᴏund ɪᴍpact ᴏn ᴏuʀ lɪᴠᴇs, and ɪt ɪs ᴏnlʏ gᴏɪng tᴏ accᴇlᴇʀatᴇ ɪn thᴇ ʏᴇaʀs tᴏ cᴏᴍᴇ....
