2025: The end of our world as we know it | Peter Leyden

"We're living in an extraordinary moment in history. We are at a moment here in 2025 where we have world historic game-changing technologies now starting to scale." Subscribe to Freethink on YouTube ► https://freeth.ink/youtube-subscribe Up Next ► Inside the high tech quest to decode the lost scrolls of Herculaneum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DA3i69WMF4 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’t just about technology. According to futurist Peter Leyden, we’re at a historic turning point: One of the rare moments in American and global history when everything gets reimagined at once. 0:00 An extraordinary moment in history 1:05 Wired magazine 2:09 Technology adoption curve 2:53 80 year cycles 3:26 Post-war era 5:08 Gilded age 6:59 Founding era 8:24 The arrival of AI 9:42 The rise of clean energy 10:52 The rise of bioengineering 13:45 The beginning of a shift References: Article: Ziegler, M. S.; Trancik, J. E. Re-Examining Rates of Lithium-Ion Battery Technology Improvement and Cost Decline. Energy Environ. Sci. 2021, 14, 1635–1651. DOI: 10.1039/D0EE02681F URL: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/ee/d0ee02681f Dataset: Ziegler, M. S.; Trancik, J. E., 2021, "Data series for lithium-ion battery technologies", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/9FEJ7C, Trancik Lab Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:sVT2vBwWolbQL4BxsTSDUg== [fileUNF] Watch on Freethink.com ► https://www.freethink.com/series/the-freethink-interview/peter-leyden-2025 ◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠ Read more of our stories on history: Earth’s magnetic field supports biblical stories of destruction of ancient cities ► https://www.freethink.com/culture/earth-magnetic-field-biblical-stories New AI translates 5,000-year-old cuneiform tablets instantly ► https://www.freethink.com/robots-ai/ai-translates-cuneiform-tablets PhD student solves a mysterious ancient Sanskrit text algorithm after 2,500 years ► https://www.freethink.com/robots-ai/ancient-sanskrit-text-algorithm-solved ◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡ Watch our original series: ► Hard Reset: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXthoedLVIdLvnNgiCshQvqKdS7T_qeGY ► Future of Cities: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXthoedLVIdKmJIGkk4zT4uno3ZSDqvPV ► Just Might Work: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXthoedLVIdIS7K-6oNkrya-v-k-X4zYI ► Challengers: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXthoedLVIdKeeuwpDPSyHSC54obntRxB ◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠ About Freethink No politics, no gossip, no cynics. At Freethink, we believe the daily news should inspire people to build a better world. While most media is fueled by toxic politics and negativity, we focus on solutions: the smartest people, the biggest ideas, and the most ground breaking technology shaping our future. ◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡ Enjoy Freethink on your favorite platforms: ► Daily editorial features: https://www.freethink.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=youtube_description ► Solutions-based stories, straight to your inbox: https://www.freethink.com/subscribe/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=youtube_description ► Substack: https://freethinkmedia.substack.com/ ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/freethinkmedia​/ ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freethink​/ ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/freethinkmedia​/ ► Join the Freethink forum: http://www.facebook.com/groups/freethinkforum/