Supposedly it was Goethe who once observed, “When eras are on the decline, all tendencies are subjective; but, on the other hand, when matters are ripening for

Supposedly it was Goethe who once observed, “When eras are on the decline, all tendencies are subjective; but, on the other hand, when matters are ripening for a new epoch, all tendencies are objective.” Like an entropic principle of social information exchange, with the potential for reorganization under a new paradigm.