His talk on &quot;Present Shock&quot; just expanded my mind a little bit. Embedded in the article: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;vimeo.com&#x2F;65904419" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;vimeo.com&#x2F;65904419</a><p>&quot;We recast this digital renaissance--this ability to really program our lives, to get slack [free time]--we recast this as a new opportunity to somehow pump more steroidal life into the NASDAQ stock exchange.&quot;<p>&quot;<i>Human time</i> is where we&#x27;re trying to expand our markets... but it&#x27;s all because we&#x27;re basing our entire model of society and economics on an obsolete 13th-century-printing-press economic OS!&quot;<p>Not sure I agree--I&#x27;d prefer growth to steady state--but things start to make sense when I&#x27;m aware of the &quot;theorem&quot; underpinning a system.