Progress

There exists a concept that seems to be able to describe how progress can occur thoughout time. It probably exists as a law of physics or is noted in a field such as anthropology:

"The more complex an organized system becomes, the more potent its processes become, and the more rapidly it progresses".

It is time that is a key factor here - the time it takes to make a given amount of progress becomes shorter and shorter, as if the passage of time were speeding up.

Progress starts at near standstill, and maintains a snail's-pace, very slowly, for an extremely long time. Then, after seemingly forever, things fit together, slowly but surely, going upward occasionally. After an extended period of time, more changes occur. Soon, other changes occur, and progress increases. Before long, progress speeds up at a greater rate, and finally, progress tends, ever-increasingly, to "sky-rocket" by leaps and bounds.

There are many examples of this concept that come to mind:

• evolution
• the progress of mankind
• the world's population
• scientific knowledge
• computer technology