Spectrum: An Ordered Array of Components
So far, the idea of progress has been themed by sequence. As in, get this first and then get that. Development, says the old school, proceeds along the paths of clarity, mistake, luck, or karma. Or to put it another way, as a species, we are safer and safer as we move along the roadway of progress. Each mile, dollar, hypothesis, discovery that ticks by is another step forward for our species. Perhaps that model of progress has reached the end of its useful life and is due modification.