We live in an age of great uncertainty, hurtling through a major paradigm shift. The best we can do is to return to our oldest and most useful tool of all, language.
Sources:
- OECD ICT Database (oecd.org/en/about/news/announcements/2026/01/ai-use-by-individuals-surges-across-the-oecd-as-adoption-by-firms-continues-to-expand.html)
- US Census BTOS November 2025 release (census.gov/hfp/btos)
- Federal Reserve analysis (federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/monitoring-ai-adoption-in-the-u-s-economy-20260403.html).
- https://www.eia.gov/kids/history-of-energy/timelines/electricity.php
- https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/technology-adoption-by-households-in-the-united-states
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_telephone
- https://www.census.gov/about/history/stories/monthly/2023/september-2023.html
- https://www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/short-history-internet
- https://arxiv.org/pdf/2401.02843
