I always wondered what the world looked like during one of the revolution periods of thinking.

The Enlightenment, for instance, would’ve been a wonder to observe. Not from a historical perspective, but from a lived experience on the ground. First hand.

To the people, it must’ve been utterly chaotic.

Ideologies were challenged, political structures were being reworked, borders were changing, new economies emerged and empires were toppling. From an average person’s point of view, I’m sure this would’ve been overwhelming.

And yet, here we are almost two hundred years later and it seems we’re going through the same process.

We always wonder what the future is going to look like and now we get a chance to see it being made firsthand. The difference is we will have ample evidence for future historians to sift through in order to determine what the experience was like.

That’s not to say we should just sit back and enjoy the ride.

An upheaval of the everyday ways of life comes at a great cost. It’s uncomfortable, painful and is filled with nothing but uncertainty.

We can go into it kicking and screaming, or we can do the unbelievably hard work of shaping it.