Exactly.  We could stand to be a little less linear and a little more matrix-like, embrace dualistic thinking and then some.  Science meets zen.

But that is the very crux we're on; it's the difference between solving problems using traditional linear equations and using Wolfram's cellular automata.  And using multiple layers, multiple degrees of complexity of those cellular automata at the same time.

The diarist suggests an end to something; part of it is this transition between the neat simplicity of linear solutions and the next level, where ubiquitous and nearly free computing will be able to process multiple portions of a non-linear problem at the same time.  I think we've not run out of problems, but run out of simple ones that can be expressed simply.  It's time for us to evolve to that next level.