Metaphysical Calculus

Can there be a Delta Change? Change here meaning the the grander definition of the word, not of metal currency. Ok well may be not delta, which most of the time refers to the TIME-rate-of-change of the variable that follows it (Ex: Delta Chi is the change of cack over time). d-change would be a more accurate representation of this meandering, the differential change of change. I guess I can't remember if it is mathematically possible to have a differential value without a dependant variable. Change is entirely relative in that there has to be a beginning state and an after state. The dependant variable I guess could be anything: time, position, temperature, goat. Yes, d-change/d-goat...step aside Descartes.

But what if we used the standard meaning of Delta (as in change over time). So if it was Delta Change, then it would represent the rate of change OF changeover time. The equation would be:

change'(t) = (d-change/dt) change(t)

People often say "Life is always in a constant state of change." I'd argue that this assessment is only slightly wrong. Mathematically, if change was constant, then a time rate derivative of change would be zero, meaning that change is not changing over time. But if you take this historically, the rate of change of change seems almost geometric. The Dark Ages lasted x amount of years, The Renaissance lasted half that time, Colonialsm half of that, Industrialism, Information age and so on, each having greater amounts of change in each. Just think about all the forms of communication that have stemmed out in the past 10 years: first email and newsgroups, then web based discussion forums, then instant messenger, Blackberrys, blogs, wikis, etc. Gadgets are the same way. PDAs hit the scene in the late 90's and now they're seeing them headed to obsolesence in the next 3-4 years. This whole concept ofchange of change is almost like Moore's Law for human existence.

So what have we learned from this?
- Jamie really needs a hobby
- change(t)=2t
- The expression should be "Life s always in a constant RATE of change"
- Humans are going to have interesting lives when change is 16 times faster than it is now.
- Jamie has just wasted at least 3 minutes of your time that you could have spent travelling to your local cinema to watch Batman Begins again (or for the first time for you people terrified of your own dorky alter-ego)