I know there is a great storm coming, and I am curious what lies on the other side. For decades, we have set in motion a worldwide process that will have great effects. The earth is simply following the laws of physics and there must be changes in response to the actions we humans have taken.
The balance that has been dominant for the 20,000 or so years that humans have shown high intellectual power has been shifting. The climate that humans have prospered in is transforming. The conditions that were present for the rise of agriculture, the building of cities, the expansion of production, the achievements of science are changing.
The social structures humans have developed and relied on are changing as well. The presence of wealth has expanded into many more sectors of our world in the past 60 years, and the effects are altering the existing social arrangements. In places where wealth has existed in the past, it is being concentrated in the hands of the few. The shifting of wealth not only promotes dissatisfaction with existing social arrangements. It also shepherds in new diseases as people change behaviors that have sustained them for many years.
Across the globe, the forces of change are stirring. It promises to be a great storm. I want to be around to witness and welcome the new world emerging.