But at some point in the future, the time it takes for us as a culture to adjust might be drastically out of line with the rate of technological change. It seem

But at some point in the future, the time it takes for us as a culture to adjust might be drastically out of line with the rate of technological change. It seems like both are speeding up, but if change outpaces the capacity for dealing with that change, we're in trouble. I don't think we're at that point yet, though. Current societal failures such as unemployment and poverty can still be reasonably explained by historical means, by looking at political and other non-technological events.