>It's just that your sigh of relief that the era of rapid change is over is a bit premature. <g>
>My bet is that change will be rapid and accelerating.
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I think this is a very valid observation. One of the most influential books I've ever read was Alvin Toffler's Future Shock in 1970. The basic premise was as you state above: the only thing we can be sure of in the future is change and that the rate of change will continue to accelerate.
His advice, which I have found pretty valid over the last 30 years, was that the most important skill to master was the ability to adapt to change.
Of course that scares a lot of people - and we see a lot of that here < s >
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