Technological acceleration across the 20th and 21st centuries compressed cultural cycles, producing multiple transformative innovations within individual lifetimes.
Will Acceleration Exceed Adaptation at the Dawn of AI?
Humanity's adaptation lags behind accelerating technological and societal change, creating a widening gap as AI and other forces outpace our evolved capacities.
A biological drive for safety has been misdirected into endless acquisition, creating accelerated threat states that fuel disconnection, distrust, and an unresolvable race for more.