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Burcet's
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Sociology of the communication
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Every step has produced
a new form of civilization
| After reaching human condition, life evolution on Earth produces an accumulation of communication density trough several communication leaps. First of all, with verbal language acquisition, human condition emerges. Afterwards, some other majors steps were completed: agricultural revolution, 10000 year ago; later, as a result of the first cities and empires, history began. More recently, industrial revolution produced another important leap. Now as a result of current communication explosion, the first steps towards a very major shift are underway. |
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| The human population evolution |  close |
| step | Human population | Technology to boost communication | Amount of communication | Years elapsed from the precedent stage | ||
| 10.000
B.C. Agricultural revolution |
from 5 to 10 million | x | none | = | extremely little | 3.000.000 |
| 4.000
B.C. Urban revolution |
from 30 to 40 milion | x | primitive | = | very little | 6.000 |
| 1.800 A.C. Industrial revolution |
1.000.000.000 | x | incipient | = | somewhat | 5.200 |
| 2000 A.C. Communication revolution |
6.000.000.000 | x | very powerful | = | a lot | 200 |
