Westman just recently turned twenty
years old. He has been aging one year
for every one of our centuries, since he
turned ten years old in our year 1000.
I asked Westman to describe the
single most interesting event in each
of his last ten years.
This was his answer.
WESTMAN
The Last Ten Years
10years old
The first of a series of
strange journeys
10
Mother sent me on a journey to a
faraway land. I saw strange people
and places, and learned that the
world is a bigger place than I ever
knew.
The Crusades
11 years old
I met my grandfather
11
He seemed incredibly wise and
I was comforted just by
knowing that I came from him
11
The Rediscovery of Aristotle
12 years old
I argued with Vincent --insisting
that he take me more seriously.
12
I even made him sign a
piece of paper
promising to take my
wishes into account
12
13 years old
Adolescence -a dramatic explosion
I began to
create – to
paint, to
write music
and poetry
13
Mother was delighted. She
supported me every step of the way
14 years old
My voice
changed
The Guttenberg Printing
Press
15 years old
I fought with mother
I insisted that I could and
would think for myself
She was not pleased.
The Reformation
15
Martin
Luther
16 years old
I discovered that the world
is a logical place
16
SCIENCE
Copernicus
SCIENCE
Newton
GALILEO
17 years old
I fought with Vincent
17
Political
Revolution
I would no longer do whatever
Vincent wanted. I would think for
myself and be free and independent.
18 years old
I began to work
Industry
18 and 19
The Days
Henry Ford
.. and buy
18 years old
Night
Uncertainty sets in
What used to
be certain is
not any more
Sigmund Freud
Charles Darwin
Karl Marx
19 years old
The Day
Back to work
19 years old
The Night
The unknown and the
unease run even
deeper
Relativity
2
E = MC
The Uncertainty
Principle
2
E = MC
Uncertainty
Relativity
Quantum
Mechanics
Uncertainty
Undecidability
Quantum
Probability
Mechanics
Relativity
Uncertainty
Undecidability
Quantum
Probability
Mechanics
Relativity
Westman –Now 20
years old
The theme of the millennium
The ascendance of the
individual
A review
1000 The Crusades
1100 Aristotle Rediscovered
1200 The Magna Carta
1300 The Renaissance
1400 The Printing Press
1500 The Reformation
1600 Scientific Revolution
1700 Political Revolution
1800 and 1900
Productive Days & Uncertain Nights
1000 The Crusades
1100 Aristotle Rediscovered
1200 The Magna Carta
1300 The Renaissance
1400 The Printing Press
1500 The Reformation
1600 Scientific Revolution
1700 Political Revolution
1800 and 1900
Productive Days & Uncertain Nights