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In futures studies and the history of technology, accelerating change is the observed exponential nature of the rate of technological change in recent history, which may suggest faster and more profound change in the future and may or may not be accompanied by equally profound social and cultural change. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Accelerating changeA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Accelerating technical change through ICT: Evidence from a video-mediated extension experiment in EthiopiaInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: SuperfudgeThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Accelerating extinction risk from climate changeCited 2,191 times
- Go sideways: The Law of Accelerating ReturnsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: The Singularity Is NearA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Accelerating extinction risk from climate change
Accelerating local extinction associated with very recent climate change
The Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium: Key Drivers of Transformative Change
Accelerating change for competitive advantage
Escalations: Theorizing sudden accelerating change
Testing Rogers's Theory of Accelerating Change
The accelerating rate of global change
Is the Pace of Social Change Accelerating?
🆕 Influential since 2022
Accelerating technical change through ICT: Evidence from a video-mediated extension experiment in Ethiopia
Accelerating small and medium sized tourism enterprises’ engagement with climate change
The Accelerating Exposure of European Protected Areas to Climate Change
Contesting rural Australia in the time of accelerating climate change
Adaptive Governance of River Deltas Under Accelerating Environmental Change
📚 Books worth reading
SuperfudgeJudy Blume · 1972
AllegiantVeronica Roth · 2011
Speed Learning for KidsBill Handley · 2012
Accelerating Change in SchoolsAnthony H. Normore, Linda Dudar · 2017
Retention and social promotionUnited States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · 1999- 📕A Practical CalculusAlec Grenville Proudfoot · 1960
- 📕Wolfgang KlafkiMeinert A. Meyer · 2007
- 📕Wolfgang KlafkiMeinert A. Meyer · 2007
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🔗 Related topics
- The Law of Accelerating Returns The Law of Accelerating Returns is a type of accelerating change proposed by Ray Kurzweil in his 1999 book The Age of Spiritual Machines. According to…
- The Singularity Is Near The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology is a 2005 non-fiction book about artificial intelligence and the future of humanity by inventor…
- Technological singularity The technological singularity, often simply called the singularity, is a hypothetical event in which technological growth accelerates beyond human control…
- The Age of Spiritual Machines The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence is a non-fiction book by inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil about artificial intelligenc…
- Singularitarianism Singularitarianism is a movement defined by the belief that a technological singularity—the creation of superintelligence—will likely happen in the medium…
- Ray Kurzweil Raymond Kurzweil (/ˈkɜːrzwaɪl/ KURZ-wyle; born February 12, 1948) is an American computer scientist, author, entrepreneur, futurist, and inventor. He is…
- How to Create a Mind How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed is a non-fiction book about brains, both human and artificial, by the inventor and futurist…
- Transcendent Man Transcendent Man is a 2009 documentary film by American filmmaker Barry Ptolemy about inventor, futurist and author Ray Kurzweil and his predictions about…