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The pace of change is speeding up, or is it? Time to pause for thought

on Dec 10, 2015 | 0 comments

By Dom Burch

‘Business people feel time is accelerating — but the figures suggest they are largely talking guff.’

Those are the words that stood out from a brilliant and insightful essay I read in the Economist this morning that challenges the popular view that time is speeding up.

Although plausible and littered with great examples of disruptive innovation (Uber, Airbnb, Apple), the Economist says there is just one problem – it is very hard to prove that it is actually happening.

Take transport manufacturing as an example. In 1913 Henry Ford reinvented the assembly line, cutting the time it took to make a car Read full story ›

Source: The Drum