Why We Don’t Recognize Big Changes Until They Reach Us
We’ve seen the pattern before—just not always in time Large changes rarely feel important while they are happening. Not because we don’t see them, but because, at least at first, they tend to happen to someone else. A farmer loses his land. A small operator sells off equipment that no longer makes sense. A business across town closes. A new way of doing things appears, and it works—but not in a way that seems immediately relevant. All of these are real changes. They’re just not our changes. However, the question is are we not experiencing a big change in progress? As long as changes from AI stay in controlled spaces and remain that way, it’s easy to assume that whatever is happening is limited, temporary,…
