We are living in an expanding universe. Change is coming on so many fronts and with such rapidity that many are almost overwhelmed by it. Virtually nothing escapes the workings of change. Concepts of our economy, of society, of our world, of our universe—all are expanding with revolutionary energy.
Looking at the decade 1970-79, the noted historian Arnold Toynbee has predicted a quickening rate of change. "This seems certain," he writes, "because technology, propelled by science, is developing at a constantly accelerating pace, and technological changes have an impact on the life of society and on the life of each individual human being. ... I guess that the pace in the decade 1970-1979 will be faster than ever before. To digest this amount of change in ten years will be the major difficulty for us all in 1970-1979. The World View," The American Way, January 1970, p. 8
There are features of this expanding universe that are exciting and full of hope. Contrariwise, some elements of change are distressing and are rocking society to its depths.
