Exponential Growth: An explanation of the ages

<Tab/>In our modern world, it seems that everything, from business to transportation is progressing at an ever accelerating pace compared to how it was 100 or even 50 years ago. For instance, in the 18th century, General George Washington was able to successfully lead his army to victory in the American Revolution after quitting the military for 15 years. In today's fast paced world, such a feat would be impossible to accomplish. Imagine …

…small brain, the frequent Ice Ages, and Man's isolation from others resulted in the 2 million years of the Stone Age. After the Stone Age, man began to make more technological progress and in a mere period of 10,000 years, less than 1% of the time man spent in the Stone Age, all the technology of our modern world was obtained. As man's progress grows at an almost exponential rate, one can conclude the ages are getting shorter!