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CHAPTERS
00:00 – Introduction: Semiconductors as Modern Charcoal
00:58 – The Concept of Grand Transitions
02:44 – High-Level Policy Meetings & Global Fragility
06:04 – Lessons from Past Civilizations (1177 BC Collapse)
17:00 – A Forest Journey: Wood as the Original Oil
21:23 – Our Dependence on Fossil Fuels
22:56 – The 60-Year Evolution of the Automobile & Petroleum
25:50 – Natural Gas: From Waste Product to National Strategy
27:28 – The Rise of Petrochemicals & Synthetic Materials
29:02 – Manufacturing Complexity: From Metal Lathes to CNC
32:05 – Semiconductors: The Pinnacle of Industrial Complexity
35:18 – Industrial Agriculture & The Green Revolution
37:52 – Mining & The Increasing Energy Cost of Metal
41:42 – The Ecological Reality & Planetary Carrying Capacity
42:54 – Money, Banking, & The Shift to Virtual Currency
47:14 – The Current Grand Transition Summary
53:50 – The Factor of Time: Why Transitions Take Decades
55:21 – Updated Models: Price Volatility & Resource Declines
59:51 – Preparing for Inevitable Systemic Shifts
01:03:30 – Geopolitics, Bioweapons, & Strategic Conflicts
01:07:41 – Can AI Solve Resource Scarcity?
01:14:45 – Surveillance Grids vs. Resource Management
01:21:09 – Where to Find Simon Michaux’s Work
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