From a billion years to a week: tszzl's timescale analogy for accelerating change
tszzl · x · 2026-10-04
In a follow-up tweet, tszzl illustrates his acceleration thesis with timescales: a billion years could pass idly in the Hadean Earth, a hundred million mattered for eukaryotes, ten million after the Cambrian explosion — concluding that 'every week is historical now.'
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