-man creates a tool
-tool replaces need for as many laborers
-laborers invent machines that reduce the need to work as many hours and frees their time
-freed men invent computing devices and automate much of their work providing more time to think
-brilliant thinkers harness limitless amounts of energy to power increasingly better and more powerful computers
-computers work as design partners with humans and allow them to create engineering masterpieces
-previously unthinkable engineering designs allow humans to transcend into the cosmos