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“Old systems of the past are collapsing, and new systems of the future are still to be born. I call this moment the great progression.”

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We are at a tipping point. In the next 25 years, technologies like AI, clean energy, and bioengineering are poised to reshape society on a scale few can imagine.

Peter Leyden draws on decades of observing technological revolutions and historical patterns to show how old systems collapse, new ones rise, and humanity faces both extraordinary risk and unprecedented opportunity.

0:00 We’re on the cusp of an era of progress.
0:37 The Great Progression.
1:08 What was the ‘Long Boom?’
4:56 How often do these epoch resets happen?
6:12 3 Tipping points.
6:39 Artificial Intelligence.
7:13 Clean energy technologies.
7:32 Biotechnology.
9:00 The 80-year cycle.
13:27 The Gilded Age.
17:50 The Founding Era.
22:46 The new enlightenment.
32:18 The clean energy revolution.
37:13 Bioengineering the genome.
39:43 Industrial production vs biological engineering.
47:40 What will the future think?