The world has changed so much and so rapidly in recent years; that it is hard to believe that change in the future is likely to be even faster and more significant than the change that we have already experienced. The digital revolution is firmly upon us though, and people all over the world, in all industries and all facets of life are struggling to grasp what this will mean for them and their lives.
“Technology is disrupting traditional industrial processes, and they’re never going back.”
–Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler, Bold
Chart 1: Exponential improvements in the cost of calculation on a logarithmic scale. Source: Data provided by Ray Kurzweil and updated by DFJ (via Wikimedia Commons)
According to Ray Kurzweil and some of the world's most prominent futurists, most people are underestimating the sheer scale and speed with which human technology and hence society are going to advance in the future. The basic premise for this thinking, other than the visibly increasing speed of technological advancement over the last few decades, is that the more we progress; the faster we can progress. Thus technological progression is exponential and not linear as most of us assume it to be.
Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler have identified six stages of exponential organizations. These stages include:
THE ON-LINE DISTRIBUTION REVOLUTION
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