Is it a "fact" though? Human civilization now is arguably more complex than it's ever been in the past, yet I'm not sure we could argue the pace of change in th

Is it a "fact" though? Human civilization now is arguably more complex than it's ever been in the past, yet I'm not sure we could argue the pace of change in the last few decades is the most rapid/transformative it's ever been (which Tainter would presumably see as evidence of the reducing gains of increased complexity). Or perhaps like in politics, there are decades where nothing happens and weeks (well, years at least) where decades happen... And we should definitely question the assumption that a faster pace of technological change is actually a good thing.