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The Post-Cold War era is over. What should we call this new one?
The term ‘Polycene’ well describes the state of this new era and the challenges we face.
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As with the climate crisis, the writer suggests that the way forward is to join hands to tackle the mulitple challenges of the Polycene age.
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Thomas L. Friedman
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For the past few years, I have had to ask myself a question I never asked before in my life: What should we call the era we’re living in today?
I was born into the “Cold War” era, and most of my career as a columnist was in the “Post-Cold War.”
