Transition Point: From Steam to the Singularity

TRANSITION POINT: REVOLUTION, EVOLUTION OR ENDGAME?

The world is an uncertain and unnerving place right now. Technological advancement is creating a perfect storm of disruption, changing the way we shop, eat, work and communicate. The population is becoming increasingly polarised, and the public increasingly distrusts both the establishment and media, relying instead on alternative sources of information that feed their biases. The traditional structures that underpin Western society are all unravelling; identity politics is running rampant, and there is a heightened sense of victimhood with demands for the state to intervene.

These seem like unparalleled times – or are they?

Sean Culey’s new book, Transition Point, begins with an examination into why human progress suddenly exploded in 18th Century Britain, rather than in larger or more culturally advanced civilisations. He explains why the societal structures and individual freedoms that developed in Britain allowed the population’s innovative capabilities to flourish while the political structures that existed elsewhere held them back. Culey investigates the form and structure of this technologically driven progress, and why it is cyclical, not linear.