Michel’s Substack: Fourth Generation Civilization

Michel’s Substack: Fourth Generation Civilization

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

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Michel Bauwens
Apr 14, 2026
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1. Two Visions of the Future

Here is my thesis:

< Behind the current political struggles of the Anthropocene, what is at stake is a struggle between what I call Entropy-First and Extropy-First forces. >

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