When you think about human evolution, it’s astonishing how far we have come. From hunters and gatherers to a world where we can now order food with a tap, get one-day delivery, and call a taxi instantly. Part of the story here is how cognitive evolution led to the invention of tools and technology that transformed the way we live today.
As humans evolved, Technology has evolved through different eras as well, each redefining what engineers build and how they build it. From the first personal computing experiments at Xerox PARC in the 1970s to today’s wave of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), the pace of innovation has continually reshaped software engineering practices. By the 1980s, foundational protocols for global connectivity emerged. On January 1, 1983, the ARPANET permanently switched to the TCP/IP protocol suite, marking the moment TCP/IP became the standard for internetworking. This gave birth to the modern Internet.
