Silicon world

Emergence of new glocal communities

  • Multipolar geo-architecture with replacement of national-state ideas by global AND regional identities (glocalism)
  • Strong community-orientation beyond official, public and political structures – strong influence of companies and urban areas
  • Digital network monopolies act based on high ethical standards
  • Moderate consequences of climate change – innovation (e.g. circular economy, decentralized energy production) enable continuation of the (modified) consumption path

 

The consequences of climate change are omnipresent – in the industrialized countries as well as in the Global South, where they partly threaten state structures. A global awareness is emerging that this danger can only be countered by a common and consistent global climate policy focusing on the reduction of greenhouse gases as well as the management of the consequences of climate change. This means that the age of nation states is inevitably coming to an end. In addition to the willingness to jointly solve global problems, regional and local activities and identities are also becoming increasingly important, so that one can speak of a broad „glocalization“.

Responsibility for the community is becoming a central driver, and civil initiatives beyond common public and political structures are being strengthened. In addition, global companies and their corresponding digital and ethically underpinned ecosystems, are increasingly shaping the development of the world order. At the local level, the line between businesses and civil society actors often blurs as they collectively become key advocates for civil and human rights and universal values such as freedom, legal certainty and tolerance. The United States and the European Union support this development and profit from it.

China‘s rise as an economic world power has slowed. Above all, the global culture of innovation, which is increasingly formed around individual responsibility, is incompatible with authoritarian paradigms. Like other totalitarian states, China faces the dilemma of having to open up as a whole in order to remain competitive. This gives rise to significant uncertainties. China‘s Asian neighbors are reacting to this development and in some cases forming their own alliances. New economic hotspots are emerging in the global South, many of which are oriented toward universal values and innovative development patterns.

The transformation of global economic structures is taking place in a free trade system on the basis of global standards set by the tech giants. Social equalization in the industrialized countries and the growth of a global middle class are both a result from this development. Overall, regionally very different circular economy systems and new, sustainable solutions for an efficient agriculture and food economy are emerging. Smaller, decentralized units of energy production in the traditional energy mix are distributed across geo-regions and nations. The global financial system is being adapted to the changing structures in an evolutionary manner.

 

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