It is cliché to say that we are living through a period of drastic historical change: every period reflects the perennial ebb and flow of history, nothing ever remaining static. But sometimes this change is extraordinary in both intensity and impact. And if any historical junction deserves such a characterisation, it is the one we are living through right now. For a number of never-before-seen dynamics that stand to dramatically impact human life are converging: Artificial Intelligence (AI) will drastically change the way we work and look upon ourselves; geopolitical tensions and, almost certainly, related armed conflict at a global scale will again challenge the international order and upset countless human lives; the rise of post-truth and conspiracy-theory mentality will continue to profoundly upset our culture and information space; and in-your-face climate change will render large swaths of the planet uninhabitable for humans, leading to dramatic demographic shifts.
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