does each era/time have several very special areas/fields which undergo very rapid progress?
Examples a) physics in the beginning of the 20th century b) software at the end of 20th century What are these areas/categories which WILL advance human progress in 2020-2030 period? ... different categories (science, tech, business models, friction, scarcity, etc.) seem to be mixing
does each era/time have several very special areas/fields which undergo very rapid progress?
Examples a) physics in the beginning of the 20th century b) software at the end of 20th century
**What are these areas/categories which WILL advance human progress in 2020-2030 period?** ... different categories (science, tech, business models, friction, scarcity, etc.) seem to be mixing
## [Why Software Is Eating the World by Marc Andreessen](https://a16z.com/2011/08/20/why-software-is-eating-the-world/)
- a) because software interfaces and owns paying clients in B2C and also in B2B
- b) Timing is everything - software companies can grow FAST and capture the momentum
- c) transaction costs dropped MASSIVELY and therefore freed huge space for MARKETS as opposed to FIRMs - Taylor Pearson
- d) Mark Andreessen - huge success breeds huge success in SValley - REALITY and underappreciation - proof by facts and strong belief
[Software is still eating the world Jeetu Patel@jpatel41 June 7, 2016](https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/07/software-is-eating-the-world-5-years-later/)
[It isn’t just that businesses use more software, but that, increasingly, **a business is defined in software**](https://www.confluent.io/blog/every-company-is-becoming-software/)
## [Models are eating the world](https://knowen.org/nodes/26507?path=1-24392-24509-26039-26507)
[Why Models Will Run the World](https://www.dominodatalab.com/blog/why-models-will-run-the-world/)
by By Matthew [Granade, Co-founder, Domino Data Lab on September 27, 2018](https://knowen.org/nodes/26363)
Models help to uncover [business secrets](https://alexdanco.com/2015/06/07/secrets/) as well as [social secrets](https://alexdanco.com/2019/04/28/secrets-about-people-a-short-and-dangerous-introduction-to-rene-girard/).
[The curation, reputation](https://knowen.org/nodes/24498?path=1-24392-25212-24444-24498) and [recommendation systems](https://knowen.org/nodes/25084)
Examples - [TikTok - technology and status](https://knowen.org/nodes/26615), [Why Figma wins](https://kwokchain.com/2020/06/19/why-figma-wins/), ....
Feedback loops as well as [information loops churn the information/entropy cycles.](https://alexdanco.com/2020/06/19/the-most-famous-loop/). So tells us [Alex Danco.](https://knowen.org/nodes/26404).
## [Markets are Eating the World - Taylor Pearson](https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2019/02/28/markets-are-eating-the-world/)
Software is eating the world, BECAUSE markets are eating the world.
**MT - Markets are eating the world, BECAUSE liquidity is a strong business model!?**
- fintech is eating the world
[Why Every Company Will Be a Fintech Company](https://a16z.com/2019/11/21/banking-on-the-future/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVRCaU4yVTBORFJqTlRNdyIsInQiOiJIblVMMmc4UWc0TFRzY3h3RGQ1RisxVlBuRFFIWkVCaDdBQlFFSlRqYWw3U1ViTG9rTWhmRlNKdVNyMmx0TjU3YzI0XC8waVhOR1wvdW9cL1JlSkExNzlLTmsyUFVkR2pUMVgzQXdjT2dKRjdvTGI3OFhcL2k0OW5XYVBcL0JabktTUVcxWTMyYjVGcTJMQk56Y1dQdGg3V3lPdz09In0%3D) by Angela Strange
## 2019 [Software Ate The World, Now AI Is Eating Software](https://www.forbes.com/sites/cognitiveworld/2019/08/29/software-ate-the-world-now-ai-is-eating-software/?sh=6c57cad58107)
2019 [Why Software Will Eat the Machine Learning World](https://medium.com/neuralmagic/why-software-will-eat-the-machine-learning-world-b5b7c7ccf813) neuralmagic
2017 [Nvidia CEO: software ate the world, but AI will eat software](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/5285/nvidia%2Band%2Bai.pdf)
2016 [what is eating the world]()