5. Complexity
The environment is a more complex system than anyone can comprehend in detail. Man-made items and systems are likewise more and more complex. For example, open the hood of a 1970's vehicle: compare it with what you see under the hood of a 2010 vehicle.
If we had only a fraction of the other problems that are putting us in Compression, the increasing complexity and fragmentation of our work in many different fields presses use to move toward what this framework calls "vigorous learning enterprise."