How Our Worldview Can Change In Days after Years of Stagnation

I like this amusing little post by Tyler Cowen “World 2.0 — “There are decades where nothing happens, and weeks where decades happen”

Just a reminder how our worldview can change in a few days after having remained stuck for years.

Beyond the fun, this serves to remind us that in nature, the main shifts happen in a catastrophic and sudden manner. Hours of flooding will change more the riverbed than years of flowing, earthquakes or volcano eruptions will model the ground more than years of slow shifts… And this is a common characteristics of all complex systems.

A stable world and civilisation is an illusion, and change always happens suddenly. Let’s get up to it.