The New Cambrian Moment

Norbert Csizmadia

Chapter 18 in Geofusion:Mapping of the 21st Century, 2020, pp 234-248 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: About 540 million years ago (in the so-called Cambrian period), life conditions on Earth were radically transformed,127 and life forms, living organisms, started differentiating. (The period is sometimes referred to as the Cambrian explosion, due to the rapid evolution of the biosphere.) In an article published in The Economist published in 2014, Ludwig Siegele compares the rapid spread of companies in the digital sector (start-ups) to this Cambrian explosion. This is because these companies are able to transform whole industries with their novel services and products. The “digital frenzy” has become global…

Keywords: Globalization; Geopolitics; Geoeconomics; International Economics; Urban Research; Futures Studies; Futurism; Liveable Cities; Global Networks; Future Cities; World Systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F6 P25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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