Taxonomy of change

Abstract

The totality of annual events is ethically neutral, but our actions can accelerate progress in specific domains, necessitating an understanding of desirable and undesirable changes. A categorized taxonomy includes: universe events (entropy, galaxy dispersal), disasters, natural resource consumption, social and political change, individual changes, time passage, technological progress, infrastructure development, economic progress, and philosophical progress. By isolating negative changes, such as resource depletion or disasters, we can deduce the positive nature of other changes. This taxonomy aims to provide a framework for evaluating the goodness of change, particularly in considering the relative value of technological and economic progress against other ongoing changes. – AI-generated abstract.