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Policy & Governance May 12, 2026

Policy Lag in an Exponential World

Regulatory frameworks built for linear change fail under exponential conditions

Regulatory frameworks are designed retrospectively — they codify observed failures and established best practices. In a world where technological and social change was roughly linear, retrospective regulation worked: the next version of the technology resembled the last version closely enough that last cycle's rules applied. That assumption has failed.

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