Parag Khanna: Why Mobility is Destiny

Published: Feb. 18, 2023, 12:10 a.m.

b'The map of humanity isn\\u2019t settled -- not now, not ever.\\n\\nIn the 60,000 years since people began spreading across the continents, a recurring feature of human civilization has been mobility\\u2014the ever-constant search for resources, stability and opportunity. Driven by global events from conflicts, famine, repression and changing climates - to opportunities for trade, social advancement and freedom of thought - humans have relocated around the globe for millennia.\\n\\nBut what happens when billions of people are on the move? As climate change tips toward full-blown crisis, economies collapse, governments destabilize, and technology disrupts, we\\u2019re entering a new age of mass migrations. Futurist Parag Khanna uncovers the deep trends that are shaping the most likely scenarios for our future and asks what map of human geography will emerge.'