You touched on something I'd like to delve a little deeper on.

"You could make the case we've always been in an exponential age".

From our discussion earlier about everything being data, and the universe possibly being a data storage/organization anomaly (?), this phrase strikes a chord.

What examples could you think of to show a direct line of evidence of the exponential growth pattern of humanity?

I mean do you think if we looked in 40, 80, 160, etc year increments there would be outstanding examples of how technology made such an impact it changed everything, and that line could be traced all the way through known history? Of course, it isn't that simple, but I think it isn't because we just don't have enough info on it yet, or if we do I don't know anyone that's putting it to use.

I would hope there's an AI bot looking into stuff like that now, but I'm not sure it falls under any particular discipline to garner pursuit.

Edit: Speaking of pursuits... I'm on a quest to make the !PIZZA & !LUV bots tell me to flake off, so enjoy enjoy some of both on me!