Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations cover
Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
by Thomas L. Friedman
Description: Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations examines how rapid changes in technology, globalization, and environmental factors impact various aspects of society, including work, politics, and community
ISBN: 9780374273538
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ericskiff · 2021-12-06 · Original thread
Thomas Friedman's "Thank you for being late" is a massive treatise on the idea that things aren't just changing fast, but that the rate of change is accelerating.

https://www.amazon.com/Thank-You-Being-Late-Accelerations/dp...

For a while after reading this, I believed that maybe we were in a bit of a slump and the rate of change wouldn't continue to accelerate. Now, with the societal / technological change brought by covid, the recent wave of building and excitement around Crypto (NFTs, DeFi, Web3), the continued jumps in AI, and a possible shift from phones to AR/MR glasses in the next few years, etc it's hard not to feel that the acceleration is continuing.