{
  "id": 8960592,
  "title": "Despite the hype, innovation isn’t getting any faster. Here’s why",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/despite-the-hype-innovation-isnt-getting-any-faster-heres-why",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-21T16:23:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fast Company",
    "slug": "fast-company",
    "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91607597/despite-hype-innovation-isnt-getting-faster-heres-why"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Despite widespread belief that the world moves at a breakneck pace, innovation isn't accelerating any faster. Several factors contribute to this phenomenon, including the lengthy journey from breakthrough to practical application, inadequate complementary technologies, and a productivity paradox that has perplexed economists for decades.",
  "summary": "Today it’s become an article of faith that everything moves faster . Business pundits tell us that we’re living in a VUCA world (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous). These are taken as basic truths that are beyond questioning or reproach. Yet are things actually moving any faster than in earlier eras? The evidence is surprisingly scarce. Certainly productivity isn’t growing any faster.…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}