Transformative change creates normative lag where dated practices fit poorly.

Evidence

Any period of transformative change results in a temporary mismatch or structural lag between dated normative practices and contemporary social reality. Even in developing countries, the historic transition to the information era has seen intellect supplant brawn in many aspects of modern work. Serial dramas show how educated daughters, not just sons, can be productive providers. The dramas try to foster a better normative match to the challenges and opportunities of this new era. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2902

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Projects of present preferences onto future generations fail because future contexts will differ radically. — Douglas A. Kysar, Regulating from Nowhere: Environmental…, 446