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Do we get better or worse at adapting to change?

This post lists technical/material/institutional adaptations, which do indeed seem to be happening faster. 

But the quote from Toffler is primarily concerned with our impending psychological breakdown in the face of rapid change, evidence of which I see everywhere. 

I am a yoga teacher, so I work intimately with many actual humans.  I mostly teach upper-middle class educated folks, and they're not doing great, mental health-wise.  Too much information, too much stimulation, too much choice.  We have yet to develop adequate "mental hy... (read more)