We’re Entering A Time Of Quick And Unprecedented Change No One Is Ready For
Transformation and change will drive mankind and not the other way around
“Genies are not easily persuaded to return to their bottles. Progress is not going away, and change is not going to slow because humanity would like a mental health break.”
— Walter Russel Mead, You Are Not Destined To Live In Quiet Times
About twenty-five hundred years ago a grouchy philosopher named Heraclitus is credited with saying Panta Rhei, or “life is flux.”
By this he meant the only constant for humanity is change. Obviously, this ancient Greek was wise beyond his years. But even the far-thinking Heraclitus could only picture change in the form of his time: slow.
It was an age where for thousands of years, the fastest you could travel was by horse or the oars of a trireme. Social change moved slowly as well. The skills of your grandfather passed on to you, and they were still useful when passed on to your own grandkids.
While political power could wax and wane quickly, the economic, cultural, and scientific life of the community was relatively static.
When change did come, the meal could be digested slowly. Our version is cooked and…
