Another feeling I’ve had as we barrel towards whatever future we are barreling towards: There is an inexorable pace to technological advancement, almost physics-bound, akin to time itself, to the universe’s relentless inching towards total entropy. I know we (individuals, communities) can “choose” to move more slowly, but when systems (governments, markets, societies) crest some size, does the possibility of choice dramatically narrow? Evaporate? We’re in a narrow place of accelerating momentum.

— Craig Mod, A Swarm of Blood Robots, 2026