Forgiving humanity : how the most innovative species became the most dangerous : the curse of exponential change

"Why has the most innovative of species become so dangerous? The answer, suggests Peter Russell, lies in humanity's accelerating pace of development. He shows how innovation breeds further innovation-a positive feedback loop that leads to exponentially increasing rates of change. But ever-accelerating change also creates stress on the systems involved-personal, social, and planetary. We are heading into a future with technology beyond our dreams, but in a world that is breaking at the seams. This, Russell argues is the inevitable fate of any intelligent, technologically-empowered species."