The Era of Simultaneity
On the logic of multiple crises and the limits of adaptation. This dossier argues that the simultaneity of systemic crises marks a new quality of disruption — and that mere adaptation is insufficient when the structure itself produces instability.
This dossier explores how crises of climate, democracy, security, and technology increasingly overlap — and why conventional strategies of adaptation reach their limits. “The Era of Simultaneity” argues that we can no longer solve problems sequentially, but must transform the very systems that generate multiple crises at once. It provides an interdisciplinary overview of the dynamics of the polycrisis, structural vulnerabilities, and pathways toward long-term societal resilience.
Abstract
We are experiencing overlapping systemic crises — climate, democracy, technology, mental health, and social fragmentation — that amplify one another. The dossier argues that modernity has reached structural limits and sketches orientations for transformation rather than mere adaptation.
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