To Where Does the Long Arc of History Bend
Accepting change is hard. And so much of our world is in a state of flux right now. Change is rampant and not always for the better, but often. Things we never imagined seeing in our lifetime —both good and bad—happen now practically every day. The fall of the Berlin Wall, microwave ovens, landing on the moon, the Internet, smartphones, YouTube, marriage equality. Trump leading in the polls. (Definitely never imagined that one.) And while not all of our surprises are good ones, the ones that are good are great . When I think of the progress in my lifetime alone! We have become accustomed to the speed of change even as we resist it. Only a few decades ago things were vastly different. Imagine a farmer in 1970 having to upgrade his tractor as often as we upgrade our iPhones? Progress on Earth is snowballing. One has only to look at a longer timeline of humanity to see that the rate of change has increased e...