" Like the human heart, societies and economies, too, are subject to premature beats, local tachycardias, fibrillations and flutters, as well as “chaotic” irregularities and paroxysms. While this has long been true, the uneven, ever-accelerating pace of change and the continual de-synchronization that comes with it may now be pushing us toward temporal incoherence—without a defibrillator on board. What happens to us as individuals when our institutions, companies, industries and economy are out of sync with one another? "

― Alvin Toffler , Revolutionary Wealth