Can life/society keep accelerating this fast?

Watching an old episode of "Goodnight Sweetheart" and seeing how simple things were back about 60/70 years ago, it reminded me how much development there has been recently, primarily because of the silicon chip/digital age.
I shouldn't think there has been such a rapid development in our existence, but can this pace be sustained and will something break? :dunno:

I've wondered about that more than once wg.......................you would think progress has to slow down a bit eventually.