From the Book - First edition.
Introduction : the counts we keep, c. 65,000 BCE
The first accountants, c. 9,000-1700 BCE
Shapers of form, c. 1800-100 BCE
The architects of action, c. 350 BCE-400 CE
Arbiters of everything, c. 300-1400 CE
The world-takers, c. 1324-1701 CE
Masters of measure, c. 1650-1835 CE
Subjects of calculation, c. 1760-1907 CE
Midwives to a machine, c. 1880-1950 CE
Prophets of prediction, c. 1944-2002 CE
Sovereigns of code, c. 2001-2026 CE
Conclusion : the futures in our hands, c. 2026-2126 CE.