And acceleration. We are communicating faster, working faster, innovating faster, and by some accounts even talking and walking faster than we did in previous decades. (It’s not your imagination—studies show we’re actually walking 10 percent faster in cities than we did a decade ago.) We can’t make uncertainty go away. But we can change the way we react to it. Every uncertainty is a new potential future. Seen in this light, uncertainty doesn’t need to be a source of anxiety; it can be a signal that it’s time to change.
