Chapter 12The Great Digital MeltdownA Fractured World
The world that we knew, and had started believing in, has suddenly changed since the start of this decade of uncertainty. First came the pandemic, then the Ukraine war, and now we could witness economic turmoil, debt-related meltdowns, trade and energy wars, and supply chain disruptions. Half a century ago, we were a world of 4 billion people. Today we are 8 billion, occupying virtually the same space and environment we had in the 1970s. Global GDP has grown 20-fold in this period, as has consumption and disparity. However, life in the future might be a little different; this could be the decade of change for the 8 billion people. We may be at an inflection ...
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