I think there's this thing called linear progress on a non-linear timeframe.

Although we do experience time linearly for the most part, I think events don't occur linearly, in that a single event can have the impact of an earthquake (reshaping everything in an instant) and also vice versa, numerous events can seem like mundane occurrences where nothing significant really happens.

You can invest immense linear time and effort into numerous projects, tasks, or even personal development, and for a long period, experience seemingly no significant breakthrough or discernible progress. 

Then, suddenly, a confluence of those past "mundane" efforts reaches a critical mass,l and then the breakthrough finally occurs, which interestingly appears non-linear to the outside observer or even to the person experiencing it.

In this day and age, I'm prompted to think there's always an aspect of non-linearity to every linear progression or endeavor we experience. 

The main reason why is of course the digital age we currently live in and exceptions to this are probably highly specialized physical processes or natural phenomena that operate specifically on the physical plane. For example, the growth of a tree. But this too isn't much of an exception since some scientific brains are working on artificially boosting the growth of a tree. 

Arguably, it's only a matter of time before the digital world swallows up the physical world, so to speak. What I can't fully wrap my head around yet is how it's going to happen or rather the possible ways it'll turn out.

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Just yesterday, I was watching this futuristic movie titled Crimes Of The Future and it's only now while reviewing my notes that the concept of accelerating, internally-driven evolution in the film clicked with this idea of non-linear progress. 

For those interested, the core idea of the movie is biological evolution accelerated by technology and a set of humans are developing new organs internally, seemingly as an adaptation to a changed world.

## Reductionist Trap
Like all things technology, there's always the good, the bad and probably the ugly too. 

How the click happened is introducing a non-linear aspect (artificial organs) into a linear process (biological growth). 

Of course, this is kind of the reverse of what I've mentioned above – instead of the digital impacting the physical from the outside, it's depicted as an internal, biologically-driven digital influence. 

But I think it's still the same core principle when a foreign and digitally-enabled element fundamentally alters a naturally linear trajectory. 

This in itself introduces a whole can of worms on what it truly means to be human, and the long-term, systemic consequences of such fundamental alterations.

I'm personally and at this point in time, leaning firmly into strictly biological evolution, not because I don't see the good that this could bring, but because the body is not a "standalone thing"; it doesn't exist in a physical vacuum. 

Most of science is based on reductionism, breaking down complex systems into their simplest parts for analysis, therefore all its inventions are approached from a similar isolated, problem-solving perspective, which often overlooks the holistic interconnectedness of biological systems and their environment.

I think the unintended consequences are more than the well-meaning intentions in this regard.
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