Big Boom Theory

October, 2009

)ONT LOOK NOW, BUT WE'RE LIVING IN A PERIOD OF EXTRAORDINARY CHANGEHere's the question: Will the world that comes next look more or less like the one we're used to, with modifications designed to, say, keep economic bubbles from inflating or mortgages from turning into weapons of mass destruction? Or will it be really different, an abrupt break with the decades we've known since World War II?The odds are always against rapid change—the world happens slowly— but in this case I think the odds are...