The current Promethean moment is unique in being driven not by a single technology but by two supercycles: a technology supercycle (ability to sense, digitize, connect, process, learn, share, and act, amplified by AI and embedded in everything from watches to toasters to F-35s to computers) and a climate supercycle (emissions, warming, ice melt, ocean current and wind pattern changes, and extreme weather).
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Tom FriedmanEvidence Quote
“what's different about our Promethean moment is it isn't it isn't driven by simply one thing like a a new machine a printing press or a combustion engine or a new set of ideas about how the um solar system works it's actually driven by two super Cycles one is a super cycle in technology it's our ability to sense digitize connect process learn share act all now Amplified by Ai”
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Thomas Friedman on the Future of America and the World: The Post-Election Dissection (Part 1)— Intelligence SquaredCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:09:18 AM
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