Human capability

There are no impossible dreams.

Only limits waiting to be broken.

Field notes on leverage, intelligence and impossible dreams.

Petr Royce exploring the edge of what's possible
01 / Why this exists

How far can a single human go?

Human history is the story of limits being mistaken for laws.

Every generation inherits a new lever. Every generation discovers the boundary was further away than it seemed.

Fire. Writing. Steam. Computing. The Internet. Intelligence.

The tool changes. The question doesn’t.

  1. 01 · −400kFireExtend survival.
  2. 02 · −3200WritingExtend memory.
  3. 03 · 1440PrintExtend ideas.
  4. 04 · 1769SteamExtend muscle.
  5. 05 · 1879ElectricityExtend power.
  6. 06 · 1945ComputingExtend calculation.
  7. 07 · 1983InternetExtend reach.
  8. 08 · 20—IntelligenceOne person, the capability of thousands.

Every generation receives a new lever. The question is what we choose to do with it.

02 / Dispatches01 entries