I've written lots on specific centuries-long culture trends, and also on their plausible drivers. But let me now try to pull that together, into an overall summary of as many trends as I can find, organized by their likely strongest drivers. I see six key drivers.
I see six key drivers. Learn - We learn more about our world. We've learned to doubt magical or supernatural events and processes, making our world seem less enchanted and transcendent.
We've learned to doubt magical or supernatural events and processes, making our world seem less enchanted and transcendent. We more trust science and professional experts, relative to religion, tradition, and power. Such experts nnow more publish their info, instead of keeping it secret.