The British stumbled upon America in 1492, sending criminals and settlers to carve out a new existence.
Eventually kicking out their colonial overlords in 1776 and claiming independence.
The Constitution followed, laying the framework for a sovereign nation.
But the land was built on the backs of enslaved people, whose labor powered the economy and even constructed the White House.
The bloodiest chapter in American history, the Civil War, tore the nation apart, ultimately ending slavery.
From there, innovation exploded—cars revolutionized travel, electricity lit the world, and the Industrial Revolution transformed America into a global powerhouse.
The World Wars cemented America as the most feared country in the world, the dollar made it the richest, and the rise of technology— cell phones, computers, the internet, and now AI—has pushed humanity into an era once thought unimaginable.
All of this in just 532 years. A blink in the grand timeline of human existence.
The oldest human fossils trace back 7 million years to Ethiopia. Ancient Egypt thrived for 3,000 years. The Roman Empire ruled for 500.
If America has reshaped the world in less than six centuries, how much knowledge, power, and history has been lost across millennia, 7 million years?
On this infinite timeline, where does humanity stand?
More importantly, how much time do we have left on this never-ending timeline?