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One Year Later: Knowledge Acceleration

One year ago, in June 2025, I published Megatrend #5: Knowledge Acceleration as part of my 30 Megatrends series.

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Recorded 2026-08-11. One year ago, in June 2025, I published Megatrend #5: Knowledge Acceleration as part of my 30 Megatrends series.

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Megatrends One Year Later – #5: Knowledge Acceleration – What I Predicted, and What’s Actually Happening (2026-08-11)

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TrendsKnowledge AccelerationThe useful life of knowledge and skills is shrinking while the volume of available knowledge keeps expanding.IndustriesEducation & LearningThe central challenge in education is no longer access to knowledge. It is learning at the speed at which knowledge changes.IndustriesWorkforce & Professional ServicesExpertise is being reorganized around AI augmentation, knowledge velocity, new career structures and the ability to assemble skills at speed.IndustriesTechnology & TelecomConnectivity is becoming ubiquitous while intelligence moves everywhere: cloud, edge, devices, networks and autonomous systems increasingly operate as one fabric.DomainsSociety, Skills & WorkChanging skills, careers, demographics, generational values and the organizational structures of work.DomainsAI & Machine IntelligenceArtificial intelligence, machine learning, generative systems and autonomous agents that increasingly perform cognitive work.DomainsComputing & DataThe computing, data and digital infrastructure that makes new forms of intelligence, simulation and automation possible.

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ARTICLE · Mon Aug 10Megatrends One Year Later – #5: Knowledge Acceleration – What I Predicted, and What's Actually Happening
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Publish Date2026-08-11
Updated Date2026-09-18
Observed Date2026-08-11
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