Next stop, Novelty

 It may be hard to acknowledge it now,
but the time will come,
sooner than you may think,
that humanity will look back upon this time,
with a nostalgic longing for these,
simpler times.

Two trends make themselves readily apparent when one follows the line of time:

As time goes on, all things change.

In addition to change,
all things orient themselves toward,
and attain,
greater levels of complexity.

The Renaissance will look like a carnival,
compared to what's coming.