{"id":148481,"date":"2025-09-22T11:24:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=148481"},"modified":"2025-09-22T11:24:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:24:46","slug":"2025-the-end-of-our-world-as-we-know-it-peter-leyden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=148481","title":{"rendered":"2025: The end of our world as we know it | Peter Leyden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-zoCpFfOH04?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We are living through the collapse of the old world, and the quiet construction of a new one. From artificial intelligence and clean energy to bioengineering and digital governance, the core systems that defined the last century are rapidly being dismantled and replaced. But this isn\u2019t just about technology. According to futurist Peter Leyden, we\u2019re at a historic turning point: One of the rare moments in American and global history when everything gets reimagined at once.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are living through the collapse of the old world, and the quiet construction of a new one. From artificial intelligence and clean energy to bioengineering and digital governance, the core systems that defined the last century are rapidly being dismantled and replaced. But this isn\u2019t just about technology. 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