"The 500 Year Delta" was about the convergence of technological and social change. That preceded Y2000. Either things have changed further since Y2K, or we are

"The 500 Year Delta" was about the convergence of technological and social change. That preceded Y2000. Either things have changed further since Y2K, or we are still watching that play out. No doubt a major source of chaos is ad-driven (quantity of clicks/attention versus quality) media and their consequent, mostly unchecked, overrun by bots. LLM's are a factor not in that work, and its effects are still playing out. I believe that the very concept of meaning is being challenged by such "derivative" work. We used to write to create and convey meaning, not just to produce "a reasonable facsimile." Change is accelerating, challenging our human reasoning and belief/value systems to cope.