I believe conservatism partially covers the "second moment" as well: for instance, one might think that civilization has progressed further than it has ever in

I believe conservatism partially covers the "second moment" as well: for instance, one might think that civilization has progressed further than it has ever in the past, but it's accelerating towards a state of affairs that will "overshoot" and end up being worse than some future state. Maybe we conceptualize political views around higher moments of progress, like jerk-progress and snap-progress.