Michel’s Substack: Fourth Generation Civilization

May 2026

China as the first predictive state

A guest article by Jan Krikke: On China as a unique synthesis of state, market and cybernetetic protocols ? (Civilizational AI Series, article 7)

May 18 • Michel Bauwens

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April 2026

What comes after Civilization ? From Cosme via Civitas to the Planetary Civium

Is this the right time to confidently announce the coming of the ‘Post-Civilizational’ Era ?

Apr 20 • Michel Bauwens

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The Great Entropy Debate: Why the Left Became the Party of Limits and the Right the Party of Denial

And how a Third Narrative based on the commons might transcend both

Apr 14 • Michel Bauwens

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March 2026

A proposal for a UBEE —the Universal Basic Energy Equity: a new social contract for an age of AI + Robotics.

This sixth installment in our Civilizational AI series is a blueprint for an AI and blockchain-based city model, to be created in Dangun City, Korea

Mar 29 • Michel Bauwens

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The Pragmatic Role of AI in the Civilizational Transition (Fifth Installment in our Civilizational AI series)

And now for something entirely different: a unique walking seminar in Greece

Mar 16 • Michel Bauwens

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Creating Agentic AI Cooperatives for the Recovery of Economic Self-Sovereignty

This fourth installment in our ‘Civilizational AI’ series is a guest article, from Young Yoon in South Korea. It argues for the need of data commons…

Mar 6 • Michel Bauwens

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February 2026

What I told the Chinese grassroots communities: The EASTERN TRAIL VIDEO SERIES — Michel Bauwens on P2P Discovery in China.

My last three articles features what I learned from the Chinese; this one reflects what they asked me!

Feb 25 • Michel Bauwens

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Understanding ruptures and bifurcations in human history (a reading list)

What you could be reading to structure and strengthen your own psyche and intellect in these wildly gyrating times

Feb 15 • Michel Bauwens

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