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# Three
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/paul-rogers/
- Published: 2011-04-26T10:04:13.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-17T11:33:59.000Z
- Author: Paul Rogers
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:59, #ImagesUploaded

The 2010s turned out to be the transforming decade, and it was an unexpected combination of prophetic thinking and world events, which finally made things happen. By 2015 the impact of climate change, another financial crunch and the repeated failure of military control all made it obvious that we had to find a better way – truly sustainable and emancipating. That we did so was at least partly down to all those prophets “suggesting the possible”. I wasn’t sure until the early 2020s that it would really happen, but then I never expected to live to 107!

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Author: Paul Rogers