Energy: entropy → chemistry → agriculture → fossil fuels → electricity
Information: DNA → neurons → language → writing → printing → computing → AI
A 3-month experiment in reverse-engineering civilization
The Creator's Stack
An engineer's 3-month journey through 9 layers of civilization — from atoms to AI — each layer built into an interactive experience.
3 months
9 layers
20+ interactive works
1 Creator's Sandbox
The Stack
7| Modernity --- Energy, Industry, Information
6| Knowledge & Institutions --- Science, Markets, Rule of Law
5| Agriculture & Cities --- Chain Reaction of Energy Surplus
4| Language --- The Phase Transition of Civilization
3| Cognition --- From Neurons to Cooperation
2| Life --- From Chemistry to Evolution
1| Physics --- Energy, Entropy, Time
The Layers
Apr – Jun 2026 0
NOW EXPLORING
Complexity
Apr 2026Why do simple rules produce complex behavior?
0-1 Emergence Lab 0-2 Scaling Laws Visualizer
1
NOW EXPLORING
Physics
Apr–May 2026How does complexity arise in a universe of increasing entropy?
1-1 Entropy Playground 1-2 Energy Conservation Simulator 1-3 Time Does Not Exist
2
NOW EXPLORING
Life
May 2026How do dead molecules become living systems?
2-1 Life Evolution 2-2 Natural Selection
3
NOW EXPLORING
Cognition
Jun 2026What does the brain actually do?
3-1 Neural Explorer 3-2 Swarm Intelligence
FINAL DESTINATION
The Creator's Sandbox
The final destination. Unlocks at the end of the journey. Play as the creator — build a civilization from a blank universe, one layer at a time.