Well, looking back at the pace of change over the last 100.000 years, it seems to change has been quite fast in the previous two centuries [^1] But still, it u

Well, looking back at the pace of change over the last 100.000 years, it seems to change has been quite fast in the previous two centuries [^1] But still, it usually isn't what and isn't as fast as the times' oracles would wish it to be. Reminds me of an unattributed [^2] quote: “People tend to overestimate what can be done in one year and to underestimate what can be done in five or ten years.”, but on a larger time scale. [1]: https://hbr.org/2013/11/the-pace-of-technology-adoption-is-speeding-up https://hbr.org/2013/11/the-pace-of-technology-adoption-is-s... [2]: I believed it was Bill Gates, but apparently not: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/01/03/estimate/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/01/03/estimate/