I illustrated this quote from @KellerRinaudo seeing it as a perfect 2024 snapshot of accelerating change, rapid adaptability, and our overall expectations of the future. But I think it runs deeper. This 8-day pivot from 'wow!’ to 'whatever’ he's noticed also reflects that we're game for those new/bold/risky ideas we’ll need to tackle the [wicked problems, existential risks, polycrisis] at our doorstep.
Even more, a faster marvel-to-mundane curve might just be the underpinning of a new societal resilience—an unconscious rehearsal for the rapid, substantive shifts we’ll need to embrace as global challenges demand swift and decisive action.
ALT A suburban landscape with a clear blue sky filled with drones carrying packages. A person's wrist with a smartwatch showing '0:31'. The image includes a quote about technological entitlement from Keller Rinaudo Cliffton, CEO of Zipline drone delivery, along with a source link to Axios. The quote: "People go from science fiction to entitlement in seven days. For seven days, it's pure magic. Then on day eight, they're looking at their watch and saying, 'You're 30 seconds late.'"