The present is the period where experience and expectation stay congruent

Evidence

In view of this situation, I would like to propose that we define the acceleration of social change using the concept of the contraction of the present introduced by Lübbe and also suggested by Luhmann’s systems theory. With Lübbe we can define the present as a time period (Zeitraum) of stability in which, in Reinhart Koselleck’s terms, the space of experience and the horizon of expectations are unchanged and thus congruent. Only within such time periods can conclusions about the present and the future be drawn from previous experiences, and only in them do experiences and learning processes have an action-orienting power, because expectations find a certain measure of security. — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration, 259

Categorization

• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source