Thomas Friedman's latest: We’re In a New Everything-Is-Connected Epoch. But What to Call It?
We have arrived at a “Polycene” moment where binary systems are giving way to multiple interconnected ones.
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Opinion | We’re In a New Everything-Is-Connected Epoch. But What to Call It?

We have arrived at a “Polycene” moment where binary systems are giving way to multiple interconnected ones.

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