Exploring Temporal Patterns in Big History Dynamics

Abstract

This paper addresses the question of whether there are temporal patterns throughout history that might indicate underlying system dynamics. In the paper, I explore the rates of important events as a measure of time. Two periods of mathematical patterns are found in the decreasing rate of events following the Big Bang due to cooling and in the subsequent increase in rates due to complex adaptive systems evolving by capturing increasing energy flows. A potential inflection transition scenario for extension of this latter pattern of complex adaptive systems is explored. Our interpretation of these processes requires progress in the understanding of quantum physics and time.