The evolution of civilization appears to have primarily resulted from continuous improvement made possible by technological advances. A group of social evolutionists and economists have identified, among others, energy, transport, as well as information and communication to be the three most...

Can human performance continue to improve indefinitely? Or improvement will eventually slow down due to the existence of maximum limit? In this paper, the world records of 61 sport events in running and swimming through the last hundred years have been analysed to answer the question about the...

Can human performance continue to improve indefinitely? Or improvement will eventually slow due to the existence of maximum limit? In this paper, the world records of sixty-one sport events in running and swimming through the last hundred years have been analyzed to answer the question about the...