![]() As both a trigger and an indicator of rapid shifts in the global economy, resource and energy flows, and the management of complex societal demands and forces, digitalization is central to understanding the gravity of our current historical moment and a pivot through which control over the most dangerous pathways ahead can be lost or gained.įigure 1: Clay tablet showing ancient calculation and accounting practices (ca.3200–3000 BCE). Digital technologies mark not only a thorough shift in the socioeconomic and cultural realm but also occupy a crucial role in first entering and now inhabiting the Anthropocene. The rapid advancements in science and engineering, in the energy system and in labour markets, the dramatic shifts in the global economy and also political economy – but also the direct impact of new forms of regulation and international law – are increasingly affecting the metabolic functions of natural habitats globally.Ī highly potent but often neglected component in this system-wide incursion is the digital transformation. These changes are increasingly interpreted as signs that we have entered a new geological era: the Anthropocene.Īccelerated rates of change in our highly technological and knowledge-driven societies are directly tied to human-led developments. ![]() Human actions have attained dimensions comparable to the natural processes in the Earth system and will have long-lasting biophysical effects of geo-historical significance. ![]()
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