Rethinking Humanity: Episode 3 The Repeating Patterns of History by RethinkX

Geschreven op 8-11-2021 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Klimaat

“Blind to the deeper process of change, humanity has no idea it’s on the brink of epic, existential transformation.”

The Rethinking Humanity video series is based on the book, Rethinking Humanity: Five Foundational Sector Disruptions, the Lifecycle of Civilizations, and the Coming Age of Freedom by James Arbib and Tony Seba, published by RethinkX.

We are on the cusp of the fastest, deepest, most consequential transformation of human civilization in history. During the 2020s, key technologies will converge to completely disrupt the five foundational sectors that underpin the global economy, and with them every major industry in the world today. In information, energy, food, transportation, and materials, costs will fall by a 10x or more, while production processes an order of magnitude more efficient will use 90% fewer natural resources with 10x-100x less waste.

The knock-on effects for society will be as profound as the extraordinary possibilities that emerge. For the first time in history, we could overcome poverty easily. Access to all our basic needs could become a fundamental human right. But this is just one future outcome. The alternative could see our civilization collapse into a new dark age. Which path we take depends on the choices we make, starting today. The stakes could not be higher.

“History shows that for ten thousand years, humanity has been hardwired to expand and collapse.” Episode 3 of the Rethinking Humanity series by @RethinkX reveals that the same complex processes that drive the patterns of technological change can be found at the level of civilizations, driving the pattern of human history. This pattern explains why and how leading civilizations grow and collapse.

Early humans escaped the Age of Survival by seizing the opportunities of technology convergence. They forged new production and organizing systems that set in motion the Age of Extraction, a zero-sum game of winners and losers, re-versioned over centuries of expansion, colonization and collapse. These stories lead us to today’s global organizing system. With nowhere left to expand, we must transform.

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