Ward Shelly, History of Science Fiction map
SF Signal: Top 100 SciFi and Fantasy Books Flowchart (according to NPR)
Drake Equation: SETI’s (Search for Extraterrestrial Life) view
Drake Equation: NASA
Drake Equation (simple, not great English)
See this excellent explanation of the Fermi Paradox
The Kardashev Scale
Immortality Roadmap options
1) Anti-aging
2) Regenerative Medicine
3) A.I.
4) Cyborgization
5) Cryonics
6) Digital
7) Nano-medicine
(see all images here)
The Singularity
• Excellent article by Tim Urban, “The Road to Superintelligence”
• A great, briefer article on the “singularity” by Lev Grossman
An AI timeline