Abandoning Reality and Our Newest Paradigm Shift
But it doesn’t work that way
Experiencing a paradigm shift needs to be clarified. A paradigm is a model of reality that gives us standard rules and essential explanations for our society. A new paradigm is more appropriate than the current Paradigm. It allows the solution of problems that may not have even been understood as problems.
This allows us to follow those standard rules without actively figuring out how to do routine activities. Much common knowledge does not affect our lives. Is the Earth at the center of the universe, or is the Sun at the center of a solar system?
That is the example from which the concept of paradigm shift evolved. For most people, it doesn’t matter much. Still, it matters if you plan on launching a series of geostationary satellites for communication.
We have become aware of paradigm shifts as technology changes have accelerated over the last fifty years, disrupting our lives. In this sense, technology imposes a paradigm shift on us, which we must deal with.
That is part of our world’s fast-growing complexity, but another aspect is more disruptive. Thomas Kuhn’s work on the scientific paradigm shift at the foundation of the modern world was a shift in how our understanding of nature evolves.
