Growth is completely relative. It is what happened new than what happened a bit before. This time frame is rationally different for different things. And the rate of growth is certainly the product of information collected and consistent action taken. For a personal growth we do have to start from the beginning and ends with the death. No more time for prolonged improvement. But in the case of technology, this is completely different.
Technological growth is exponential since it is immortal. The difference of its growth from a moral being is that it is a coalition of multiple individuals contributed information and actions. It is immortal and the dead peoples contribution never fades away with their demise, instead it multiplies with the next generation. Assigning time frames for the two consecutive period can exactly show this phenomenon. What makes the technologies go exponential is its massive growth of collective information. It is not a person or a nation oriented (although nation exists for as long, it is not globally democratized), instead it is idea oriented. It is completely democratized and anybody can contribute from anywhere in the world. Which it paved the way for super exponential growth.
This pace plays a huge role making the predicted future less away from us. Alongside, future holds new opportunities and threats.
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