Thanks for the helpful feedback; it is hard to get that on the internet. Although... > There are some phrases which seem nonsensical, like “fast-growing stasis

Thanks for the helpful feedback; it is hard to get that on the internet. Although... > There are some phrases which seem nonsensical, like “fast-growing stasis”. It’s not like such a phrase is wrong, but it’s nonsensical at a surface level, which forces readers to stop and think about alternative readings. That was intentional, and catches what I meant. The English speaking world is improving everything with unprecedented speed. Simultaneously, there seems to be an extreme amount of political tension that is linked to stagnation of a few key measures like wages and per capita energy use. It is a weird situation of stasis (really more decline these days) and change for the better. Without observing both, the political situation wouldn't make sense.