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How large is human race making?

In my previous blog, I scribbled on how large is your large . There I concluded that our canvas is just too big and we need to think hard about how can we do something meaningful. While I ponder on what this meaningful could be, I would like to share my thoughts on what we consider meaningful things in this world as it stands today, with the following questions - What are by and large the achievements of human race in the last 1-2 centuries? Are these achievements really "achievements" in our big canvas (time x distance x yet_unknown_dimensions ).  Does human race have a direction and all efforts aligned towards that direction? Who are the people responsible for these achievements? What are rest of the folks doing? I read various articles on Google on achievements human race has accomplished and these articles mostly talked about achievements in astrophysics (e.g. Mars mission), physics (e.g. quantum physics), medical science, architectural marvels, musical wonde