Luis Batalha
@luismbat · Jul 3, 2025
Imagine an alien watching Earth from the Moon with a telescope.
For thousands of years: no signs of humans - just forests, oceans, clouds.
Then around 1700 (~300 years ago), cities, roads, and lights appear.
Exponential progress is invisible... until it’s not.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
True.
If aliens came to Earth before the invention of writing ~5500 years ago and tried their hardest to explain spaceships & supernovas, they would fail.
09:20 AM · July 4, 2025 · 54.8K views
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