In December 2017, I published World Leadership, a book that identifies how societies rise into leadership positions. Based on ten years of research, it identified, among other things, the major trends affecting our world today and their implications for societies in the future.
Much has happened over the last two years. Each week, newspapers speak of some event that relates to a topic identified in the book. I began a blog last summer (www.worldleadership.net) to record these events. In August, I began a series of articles on regionalization, the greatest, most underreported trend of our times. This is the growing together of national economies in close proximity to each other. In November, I began a series on referendums and direct democracy—another trend emerging across our globe. Both of these are early signs of a new form of governance that will emerge in this century.
This month, I begin a new series, one dealing with the technologies that will enable these shifts to occur. These technologies primarily come in two flavors: those that will enable greater communication and socialization among people, and those that will enable a digital legal infrastructure to take hold. While many new technologies will appear, those that contribute to these trends will have the greatest impact. (I have already identified blockchain as one of them).
I share this because America needs a community of people who are aware of these trends. Neither political party recognizes these trends, nor do these trends fit the typical left-right political spectrum that we know today. So America needs an apolitical community with the desire to see it retain its leadership role in the world. (Think of the alternative.) This will help to ensure our country makes the right decisions going forward. But before all that, we just need to understand.
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