The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution.
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The Industrial Revolution caused a centuries-long shift in power to the West; globalization is now shifting the balance again.
The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization.
This world is clearly emerging before our eyes. The shifts ahead, the opportunities ahead are massive.
The industrial revolution in the new century is, in essence, a scientific and technological revolution, and breaking through the cutting edge is a shortcut to the building of an economic giant.
Industrialization based on machinery, already referred to as a characteristic of our age, is but one aspect of the revolution that is being wrought by technology.
The trends that are shaping the twenty-first-century world embody both promise and peril. Globalization, for example, has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty while contributing to social fragmentation and a massive increase in inequality, not to mention serious environmental damage.
It is a changing world with changing opportunities.
Nearly every country in the world is now becoming industrialized as rapidly as it can.
A revolution is to bring on change and we're spiritual people trying to bring on spiritual change. It might sound like I'm a dreamer, but economic models have reached their height of evolution. Technology has evolved. What hasn't evolved is mankind's spirituality; everything is from 3,000 years ago.
The global realignment is accelerating the migration of growth and wealth dynamics from the industrial world to the larger emerging economies.
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