The line it is drawn, the curse it is cast
The slowest now will later be fast
As the present now will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin’
And the first one now will later be last
‘Cause the times, they are a-changin’ – Bob Dylan from “Times, They are a-changin’”
That song is nearly 60 years old, and quite frankly, the singer was a much better poet than crooner, but the point that he was making (we won’t argue whether it is good or bad from his perspective) was that things were changing and perspectives were struggling to keep up.