The 2020s will be transformational for humanity, according to the tech prophet founders of RethinkX,
Tony Seba and James Arbib talk to Justin Rowlatt about their prediction that a confluence of new technologies – in energy, transportation, and food and materials production – could wipe out poverty and solve climate change in the next 10-15 years, and usher in a new “Age of Freedom” for our species.
But while it sounds utopian, they also warn in their new book Rethinking Humanity that it could pose huge civilizational challenges for a planet that still clings to outdated concepts such as democracy, capitalism and the nation-state.
Here is a direct audio link.
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