This is a paradigm shift, viewing it from an historical or contemporary
perspective is of marginal value at best. This is in the main, why all but
a handful will sleepwalk through it, again.

One of the driving forces is the reality that humanity has been up-loading
Its collective knowledge for decades. This translates into an unprecedented
Cambrian level explosion in technological breakthroughs, going on as we post.

This is a product of generations of specialists, so much so you need a specialist
to help determine which specialist you need to consult. What is at a premium now
are the generalists that can tease out the patterns and pull together, what are in
effect, off the shelf technologies, subsystems and components to deliver novel
solutions to the markets.

The challenge is back at the beginning of the cycle, visioneering not engineering.