In the past, the year 2020 was a symbol for the distant future for many people. Some imagined it brighter, others darker. But now, we’re here. The future is now. Are we prepared for this future? The daily news doesn’t indicate we are. Climate change, catastrophic environmental damage, groaning social systems, unemployment, poverty, conflict, housing shortages — the list goes on and on. And the problems are global: whether in Jakarta, Lagos, Cairo, Los Angeles, Paris, the major challenges are strikingly similar. Is the end in sight? Yesterday’s solutions won’t help tomorrow’s challenges The world seems to be reaching its limits economically, ecologically and socially. Or rather, it has long since past them. What can we do about it? We repair the system. Correcting and optimizing — that’s what we’ve always done. For example, we’re now trying to replace the combustion engine with an electric motor. A very complex and expensive project that ultimately serves to get individuals from A to B in the morning and from B to A in the evening. But wouldn’t it make more sense to ask why we commute every day? Why millions of people flock to the offices in the city centre every day, which are then empty after office hours. In… Read full this story
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