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Thank you Josh for your feedback. When I visited Guatemala last year a Mayan site guide told me that the transition from one age to the next is expected to take about 120 years. So if we are only 4 years in, it is early days yet! Considering that these ages last around 5100 years (according to the Maya and other ancient cultures), 120 years is not that long. In 60 years from now we should therefore already be half-way into the transition – that is if we (our societies) don’t disintegrate in the meantime. Working out an orderly transition containing a world-view and mindset that would facilitate progressive sustainability with minimal disruption and upheaval seems to be the challenge. As you said – a broad view will have to be taken – and in my opinion, one that builds on the old to create the new, without having to discard the old completely. Metaphorically the “old stage” we need to leave behind is our old way of thinking (living from our “lower selves” as opposed to our higher selves). From a practical day-to-day living point of view a lot of adjustments will be needed. We are only at the very beginning of starting to think about what this new stage would look like, but we don’t have very much time – it would seem that to an extent all the current crises could potentially spiral out of control. As long as we are having this debate amongst ourselves and start sharing our vision for the future while looking at realistic practical solutions, I believe we are on the right track, but it would need as many people as possible to engage with the subject.