Acceleration of Change Card C00108

RBF DEFINITIONS
Acceleration of Change:					(3)

"become both physically and economically successful in the
foreseeable future. I identified this progression of doing
more with less as ephemeralization. Fortune magazine pub-
lished 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 accelera-
tion 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
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