Stuck in the Middle with You

We all know the stories of Sir Isaac Newton, the father of Classical Mechanics in the 17th century and how he disputed all geocentric(earth as the center of the solar system) views of the universe. Lately I’ve been interested in the writings and teachings of Ray Kurzweil.
Kurzweil has a way of quietly saying things that tend to creep up on you in a haunting manner-- Specifically, his comments on how to think in an exponential manner instead of linearly. Kurzweil repeatedly explains his predictions in graph form with an exponential y axis. He is basically saying we need to think differently.

So, let’s take a look at the height of a typical human… lets say a little less than 2 meters tall. If we double the height and then double again and again for 31 times we get a distance of about 1 billion meters which is roughly the distance past the moon into our solar system. In other words, this doubling will get us to play on the interplanetary level of space in our solar system.

Now, in our thought experiment, lets go in the other direction. Take the height of a human and divide it and then divide again and again for 31 times… This will put us on the edge of the nano world!! One billionth of a meter will allow us to play on the nano scale. So, by looking at the world in an exponential manner we find ourselves half way between nano-space and outer space. Which direction do you think we should explore?
I think economics will answer this question for us. Going to outer space takes time and energy and the further and faster you go, the more time and energy it takes. This constant drag on the economics makes the other direction… the nano-direction-- much more attractive. It takes virtually no time to go to the nano world and the energy to get us there is becoming less and less all the time. Remember, as Richard Feynman says, “There is plenty of room at the bottom.”

Maybe we really are in the middle of the universe after all.
Classical mechanics breaks down in both worlds yielding to a new quantum mechanics world… So is it possible that the days of Newton mathematics are limited and that we are headed for a new nano-world? Could this be the reason we have not contacted any other civilizations in the universe? Maybe all intelligent life discovered the nano-world and essentially disappeared into nano-space. Are we seeing this happen right before our eyes with the brick and mortar book stores closing? All the books ever written will fit on the head of a pin.