We are living through a period of enormous economic, geopolitical and technological changes: inflation and a cost-of-living crisis; financial instability, volatile crypto-currencies and emerging Central Bank Digital Currencies; China and the BRICS nations’ historic challenge to the American-led economic and geopolitical order; an epochal shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy; an explosion of Artificial Intelligence and biotech; and profound demographic shifts as many societies age and shrink.
Will this volatile cocktail of pressures result in a financial crisis and economic collapse? Or will it usher in a new period of greater social equity, environmental responsibility and economic stability? Ultimately, this depends on how people all over the world respond. How can the Integral community help to turn a polycrisis into an opportunity for Planetary Awakening and regeneration?