The Universe is expanding faster.
Moore’s Law says computer chip speeds and capabilities are getting faster—doubling every two years.
I can vouch for that and more. In my experience, as the years go by, time is definitely going by faster.
“Change is the essence and cadence of the universe,” as I remarked in a talk many years ago, way back in the 1960s. And Seth Godin presented some cogent thoughts about this in his newsletter today as he spoke about the speed of change.
It turns out that the biggest shift to our culture isn’t the changing speed of a computer chip. It’s what happens when we network humans together.
Adding more people to the internet has sped up science, politics and every element of culture and everything in our life. The echos happen faster; the learning is exponential, and connected communities heat and morph ever faster. I wonder what the internet 3.0 will bring.
Science used to be a solo endeavor. A monk with some pea plants could figure out genetics. Today, there are millions of people advancing the work of millions of people, with new updates coming all day long. The problems are dramatically more difficult, but the solutions are possible because we’ve multiplied the speed of change.
That’s why so many people are interested in writing and actually writing today. We live in electric and exciting times. One writer inspires and triggers thoughts, feelings, emotions, and motivations in another writer/reader and more and more energy is pouring into the universe of thought and ideas. This explosion of thought energy is thrusting humankind into a literally unimaginable future—at least unimaginable for me. It is endorphin overload to think about it. It’s going in all directions at once! Which lightning bolt do I hitch a ride on?
Ok, my wife, Lilyane, says slooow down… We must exercise some common sense. There needs to be some control. We can’t have all these crazy’s controlling the world. Responsible Citizens MUST THINK about what’s best and most responsible for the whole of humanity—the country—the planet, the world, the universe. So please…Think!
- big
- national, what’s best for America
- global, best for America AND the world
- personal, your heart, what you FEEL
- what you can do to make a life for all mankind better
