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Five Centuries of the Future

(Running time: 9:56)

In this "warp speed" tour of five centuries, beginning in the 1600s, Eamonn describes how many of todays' major political, social, and economic issues are rooted firmly in history and shape our assumptions about how the world will work in the future. Yet, many of these fundamental assumptions--from the nation-state to the Enlightenment are unraveling around us, creating new challenges and opportunities for the decades ahead.