I love change I need it.
One of the advantages of moving quickly is if you do something wrong you can change it. What technologies tend to do is they tend to make a lot of mistakes... but then we go back and aggressively attack those mistakes - and fix them. And you usually recover pretty quickly.
Because primarily of the power of the Internet people of modest means can band together and amass vast sums of money that can change the world for some public good if they all agree.
A dog that has rabies probably will do things it wouldn't do if it didn't have rabies. But that doesn't change the fact that it has rabies.
All cities do face similar significant trends in the future... most importantly global warming and climate change.
I like progress but I hate change.
If I was a woman I would be dressed in the same thing for a month and just change my hat and gloves. Maybe my shoes too yes I see what you mean but really it's jewels that change an outfit.
I used to be a Catholic. I left because I object to conversion by concussion. If you don't agree with what they teach you get clobbered over the head until you do. All that does is change the shape of the head.
I think the way to change it is to handle issues individually when it's essential to do so.
Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change - focus strongly and powerfully on the circumstances that you can.