The series also covers the evolutionary changes in human life, tracing our development from single cells to highly complex beings.

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But even the most powerful sea changes in the mechanics of everyday life may do little more than just refine our perspective on what remain durably fixed ideas and ideals.

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Futurists predict faster changes in the next 20 years, with large impacts on economy, sociology and our daily life.

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