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The Inflection Point · Resuming the Civilization State

इन्फ़्लेक्शन पॉइंट · सभ्यता-राज्य की वापसी

In the first conversation of Inflection Point, I was asked what my message would be. We’re at a very special time in history, and I call this an inflection point. We’re crossing a period of 500 years of colonialism, of neo-colonialism, a period in which the great civilizations on earth have been attacked, colonized, broken apart, placed against each other and dominated.

Circumstances today are changing that. What I see is a geopolitical realignment in which the divisions created during the colonial period are dissolving, and what is re-emerging is a resumption of the civilization state. This applies to Russia as it applies to India, to China, to Iran and to many other parts of the world. We’re not just talking about a political change; it’s a much bigger examination of what the resumption looks like in our culture, our institutions and our identities.

For many years my work has been an attempt to deconstruct the colonial point of view, in order to liberate the voices of the civilization itself, largely through speech and sacred speech. We are going back to a state of great civilizations, and it’s going to be the great civilizations that determine the path forward from here on.

Subtitles in English, Hindi, Konkani, Serbian and Russian: choose your language with the buttons under the video. What comes next in this conversation: Not Going Backwards.

The story so far · अब तक की कहानी

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  4. Made into Consumers
  5. Pāṇini and AI
  6. Not Going Backwards
  7. The Inflection Point (you are here · आप यहाँ हैं)

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