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Acceleration of Change:
"become both physically and economically successful in the foreseeable future. I identified this progression of doing more with less as ephemeralization. Fortune magazine published my 1922 concept of ephemeralization in 1940 in a prominent manner. Despite ephemeralization having subsequently wrought epochal advancements in the standard of living for two billion previously deprived humans, ephemeralization is a fact that, in 1966, is largely unknown to or overlooked by the world’s professional economists. Nonetheless the concept of accelerating acceleration and ephemeralization have now brought 40 percent of humanity into the paradoxical state of world success, ergo apprehensive physical and economic success.
“I decided in 1917 to contribute to the scientific documentation of the emergent realization of the era of accelerating acceleration of progressive ephemeralization. I determined to do so by methodical and chronological inventorying of all the human communications in which I was personally involved, all mention concerning me transacted by others. I have kept this lifelong file, which I call the dymaxion chronofile… which consists mm of 250 volumes containing 80,000 letters, 300-400 pages per volume. The first important regenerative effect upon me of keeping this active chronological record was, I learned, to see myself as other see me.”
- RBF to B.Farrel, Tape 6A, p.17, 16 Aug’70
