Firing the Cloud

Book Description

Firing the Cloud: How Humanity Survived and Accelerated is a sweeping, provocative journey through 15,000 years of human history, tracing how we evolved from small, fire-lit bands of hunter-gatherers to a globally networked civilisation living inside a digital cloud.

This book explores the great transitions that shaped us: the Agricultural Revolution's trade of autonomy for stability, the Industrial Age's relentless acceleration and the Technological Era's shift from reality to virtuality. Each chapter weaves anthropology, history and systems thinking to reveal what we gained and what we lost at every turn.

This is not just history; it is a call to reflection. What should we carry forward from each era, our resilience, our sense of community, our inventive spirit—to build a future that is truly humane?

Firing the Cloud invites readers to see themselves as the latest stewards of an ancient fire, tasked with keeping it alive for generations to come.