Michel’s Substack: Fourth Generation Civilization

The Valley of the Commons

Join this unique event near Vienna to build the future

Jul 10 • Michel Bauwens

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Why the fight to preserve freedom of expression is not a matter of Left or Right

A guest article and commentary by Maike Gosch calling for trans-partisan solidarity against free speech suppressions.

Jul 7 • Michel Bauwens

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June 2026

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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