First deep transition
Second deep transition?
5th surge Information and telecom (1971–?)
4th surge Oil and mass production (1910–1975)
3rd surge Steel, Electricity and Heavy Engineering (1875–1920)
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2nd surge Steam and Railways (1830–1870)
1st surge Industrial (1770–1830)
We are fast approaching the second deep transition – a re-ordering of the first deep transition to address the problems created by modernisation and industrialisation.
Source: Johan Schot & Laur Kanger, Deep transitions: Emergence, acceleration, stabilization and directionality, 2018.
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