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Chapter 11: Quantum People
1 Teleport was sold to London-based MOVE. Guides, part of the Topia network of companies facilitating relocation for professionals.
2 “IMD World Competitiveness Ranking 2020,” IMD World Competitiveness Centre, 2020; “The New Economy Drivers and Disruptors Report,” Bloomberg, 2019.
3 “2020 Emerging Jobs Report Singapore,” LinkedIn, 2020.
4 Ricardo Hausmann, “Economic Development and the Accumulation of Know-how,” World Economic Review 24 (Spring 2016); Richard Baldwin, The Globotics Upheaval (London: Oxford University Press, 2019).
5 Christian Joppke, “The Rise of Instrumental Citizenship,” Global Citizenship Review (Fourth Quarter, 2018).
6 Kate Springer, “Passports for Purchase: How the Elite Get Through a Pandemic,” CNN, August 7, 2020.
Chapter 12: Pax Urbanica
1 See Jason Hickel, “Is It Possible to Achieve a Good Life for All Within Planetary Boundaries?” Third World Quarterly, 2018; “The Sustainable Development Index: Measuring the Ecological Efficiency of Human Development in the Anthropocene,” Ecological Economics 167 (2020).
2 Lee Kuan Yew, “The East Asian Way—With Air Conditioning,” New Perspectives Quarterly 26 (October 2009).
3 “The Best Countries to Raise a Family in 2020,” Asher & Lyric, July 24, 2020.
4 Melanie Curtin, “Thousands of Millennials Are Opting Out of Renting Their Own Apartments and Going for This Instead,” Inc., September 28, 2017.
Chapter 13: Civilization 3.0
1 Arnold J. Toynbee, quoted in Reader’s Digest, October 1958.
2 Suketu Mehta, This Land Is Our Land.
3 David Graeber, The Utopia of Rules (London: Penguin Random House, 2015).
4 Mohsin Hamid, “In the 21st Century, We Are All Migrants,” National Geographic (September 2019).
5 Innes M. Keighren, “Geosophy, Imagination, and Terrae Incognitae: Exploring the Intellectual History of John Kirtland Wright,” Journal of Historical Geography 31, no. 3 (July 2005): 546–562.
INDEX
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NOTE: Page references in italics refer to figures and maps.
Afghanistan, 10, 56, 124, 130, 140, 175
Africa. See individual countries
African Development Bank, 183–184
aging population and baby boomers in China, 198–199, 205–206
climate change in housing, 99, 103
financial competition with younger generations, 64–67, 73–75
generational identity, 63–64
as perpetually mobile, 228–230
retirement of, 28, 35
worldwide healthcare systems and, 198–199
young adults living with parents, 107, 117
Albania, 243
Ali, Saleem, 267–268
Amazon, 21, 94–95, 105, 226
Anderson, Benedict, 110
Andorra, 235
Anholt, Simon, 52
Antarctica, 188
Antifa movements, 78
Apple, 86
Arabs and Arab countries. See also individual countries Arab Spring of 2011, 23, 176, 178
desalination by, 247
economic issues of, 22–23, 175–180
Arctic, 162–168, 164
Argentina, 186
Armenia, 143, 145–146
Asia, 193–204, 205–220. See also individual countries Asian-European population surge, 119–121
Asian populations worldwide, 193–195, 196
climate migrants of, 209–215
co-living in, 257
Eurasia and Northism potential, 160–161 (See also Northism (northern hemisphere))
forces shaping mobility and, 2–3
genetic diversity of Asians, 200–202
geopolitics and, 202–204
healthcare of, 198–199
“re-pats” in, 209
share of world economy, 193
technology and migration, 194–198
younger generations living in, 207–209
Ateş, Seyran, 132
AudaCities, 170–171
Australia, 12, 41, 188–191
Austria, 133–134, 235
Azerbaijan, 143–145
Bahamas, 98
Baldwin, Richard, 226
Bali, 257
Bangladesh, 170, 195, 214–215
Barbarians at the Gate scenario, 25–28, 26
The Base, 108
Beck, Ulrich, 63
Becker, Gary, 89
Bejan, Adrian, 162
Belgium, 118
Bell, Daniel, 84
Benjamin, Walter, 5
Berlin, Isaiah, 72
Bhutan, 209, 212–213
bin Salman, Mohammed (Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia), 177
biosphere (Arizona), 162–163
birth rate accelerated mobility and, 16–17
communal cities for families, 256–259
in EU, 120, 129, 140
in Kazakhstan, 153
peak humanity, 29–35, 32, 33, 35
Black Lives Matter, 78
BlackRock, 98
blue zones, 16, 241
BoKlok, 95
Bong Joon Ho, 67
Botswana, 184
Brazil, 59, 185–186
Brexit citizen investors and, 236
EU immigration/assimilation, 137–139
investment and, 23
melting pot cities and, 80
political identity of younger generations and, 72
rhetoric about, 37–38
Brown, John Seely, 89
Bruder, Jessica, 93
Buffett, Warren, 94
Bulgaria, 46
Cameroon, 184
Canada forces shaping mobility and, 3
as immigration destination, 52, 110–114
international students in, 41–43, 43
Northism scenario and, 159–160, 162, 164–168, 188–189, 277
Caplan, Bryan, 274
Case, Steve, 105
Chad, 184
Chavez, Hugo, 186–187
Chetty, Raj, 92
Chile, 76, 187–188
China aging population of, 198–199, 205–206
automation and, 21
Belt and Road Initiative of, 121, 206
birth rate in, 31
climate change in, 188, 213, 214
energy use, 245
ethnic diversity of, 54–55
expatriates of, 107, 136, 201, 202, 207, 216–217, 236
foreigner population in, 40–41, 206–207
former Soviet republics and migration patterns, 146, 148–155, 157
intergenerational financial competition in, 74–75
internal migration in, 7
migration and religious identity, 60–61
millennial population in, 17
nationalism and conscription in, 58
National Security Law of 2020, 68, 82
Northism scenario and, 166
political identity in, 65–66
population decline and workforce, 36
tourism in, 254
trade with Africa, 181–182
transportation and housing, 96
women in workforce of, 44
worldwide population from, 193–195, 196
Christian population, 60
Chui, Michael, 87
citizens of the world, 68, 71–72
civicism, 84
Civilization 3.0, 265. See also mobility
civilizational states, 53
Clemens, Michael, 274
climate change. See also Northism (northern hemisphere); “The South” (southern hemisphere) accelerated mobility due to, 14–17
adaptation to, 20–21
agriculture in Europe and, 119
Asia’s climate migrants, 209–215
billionaires’ “apocalypse insurance” and, 174
circular energy and diet, 244–248
climate migrants to Nordic countries, 141–142
cloud seeding and, 271
displacement projection, 184–185
environment as force shaping mobility, 1–2
forces shaping mobility and, 2
former Soviet republics and migration patterns, 144, 147–151, 156
freshwater availability, 18–21, 19, 133–134, 138, 149, 185–186, 209–215, 247–248, 253
geo-engineering for, 271–272
historic change due to Little Ice Age, 162
housing and, 97–104, 106, 113
Japan and infrastructure work, 218–220
military domestic missions for, 59
nuclear waste and, 270n
oceanic sphere and, 269
Paris climate agreement, 267
population growth/decline and, 32–33, 33
proposals to combat, 19
reforesting programs, 114, 145, 151, 157, 271
tension between youth and governments, 79–80
transportation and, 96, 246–247
Clinton, Bill, 59, 70
Club of Rome, 31
co-living, 256–257
Colombia, 187
communing events, spirituality of, 85–87
Congo, 124
Connectography (Khanna), 3–4
Conte, Giuseppe, 51
Corbyn, Jeremy, 203
cosmopolitan utilitarianism, 275
Costa Rica, 228, 243
Covid-19 pandemic accelerated mobility and, 15–16
adaptation to, 264
Australia’s economy and, 190
automation and, 21
EU employment/wage response to, 116–117
green zones and, 240
healthcare industry recruitment and, 198–199
higher education and, 87
housing and, 91–93, 104–107, 138
immigration policy and, 39
military domestic missions for, 59
nationalism and, 50
superspreader events, 61
tourism incentives during, 233
Credit Suisse, 69
Croatia, 76
cruise ships, 229–230
cryptocurrencies, 74, 148, 161, 186, 225, 227, 263
Cyprus, 235
Czech Republic, 119
demographics. See aging population and baby boomers; birth rate; millennials (Gen-Y) and Gen-Z; race and racism; urban population
Deng Xiaoping, 66
Denmark, 139–142, 167–168, 173, 255, 258
Derrida, Jacques, 273
desalination plants, 247–248
Dewey, John, 5
Diogenes, 70–71
diplomacy among cities, 239–242
Doha Debates, 72
Draghi, Mario, 51
Drucker, Peter, 4
Dubai, 83–84, 226–227, 248–250
Dummett, Michael, 137, 273
ecological authoritarianism, 79–80
economics. See also aging population and baby boomers; housing; millennials (Gen-Y) and Gen-Z; Northism (northern hemisphere); quality of life; “The South” (southern hemisphere); technology; workforce; individual countries accelerated mobility due to, 14–17
Asia’s share of world economy, 193
billionaires’ “apocalypse insurance,” 174
cryptocurrencies, 74, 148, 161, 186, 225, 227, 263
European immigration/assimilation, 128
foreign direct investment (FDI), 40, 274–275
income gap and automation, 21–22
migrant investors/investor residency, 133, 233–238
physical mobility as economic mobility, 91–92
population growth/decline and, 32, 37–40
regional migration and, 11–14, 12, 13
remittance levels, 11, 12, 46, 197
tourism, 83, 141, 151, 229, 233, 254–255
wages and cost of living (1990s–present), 65–67
Ecuador, 187
EDGEof, 219–220
education financial crisis of 2008 and, 87
global “passports” and, 232
international baccalaureate (IB), 68
international students, 40–43, 43, 190–191, 206
MBA as passport, 221
US expatriates living in EU, 118
willingness to move for jobs and, 87–90
youth-government tension, 76
Egypt, 177–179, 260
“18-hour cities,” 105
employment. See workforce
Erdogan, Recep Tayyip, 53, 75, 126, 128
Eritrea, 124, 182–183
Estonia, 76, 145–146, 224–225, 226
Ethiopia, 59, 179
ETH Zurich, 239, 253, 271
Eurasia, Northism potential of, 160–161
Europe. See also European Union (EU) Eastern Europe and Canadian immigrants, 113
Eastern European workforce and emigration, 45–46
Eurasia and Northism potential, 160–161 (See also Northism (northern hemisphere))
forces shaping mobility, 3
intergenerational financial competition for resources in, 74
international students in, 42–43, 43
migrant processing centers, 12
population decline and workforce, 36–37
workforce and emigration, 45
European Union (EU) Brexit, 23, 37–38, 72, 80, 137–139, 236
citizen investors in, 235
regional migration patterns and, 12
retirees living abroad, 229–230
European Union (EU) and assimilation, 115–142 in Alpine countries, 133–134
Asian-European population surge and, 119–121
assimilation as challenge, 124–127
EU as social democratic welfare state, 115–119
EU inception and, 115
in Germany, 127–133
in Italy’s Padania region, 134–137
in Nordic countries, 139–142
Southern Europe incentives for immigrants, 121–124
in UK, 125–126, 137–139
Evolution and Freedom (Bejan), 162
Expatistan, 222
Farage, Nigel, 37
Finland, 3, 44, 117, 118, 139–142, 225
Flash Forest, 114
Floyd, George, 109
football (soccer), 86–87, 131
Ford, Gerald, 29
France Alpine water supply and, 133
automation and, 22
energy use, 246
housing in, 95
immigration/assimilation in, 131
Ministry of Economic Attractiveness, 74
mobility as a service, 258
on populism, 51
youth-government tension, 77
Franck, David, 234
Freddie Mac, 94
freshwater availability, 18–21, 19, 20, 133–134, 149, 185–186, 209–215, 247–248, 253
Gabon, 184
Ganesh, Janan, 85–86
Gates, Bill, 69, 246
Gen Alpha, birth rate and, 34, 35
Gen-Y and Gen-Z. See millennials (Gen-Y) and Gen-Z
Georgetown University, 1–2, 279
Georgia, 143–144, 243
geosophy, 279
Germany aging population of, 199
Alpine water supply and, 133
Asian-Europeans in, 119
EU employment/Covid response, 116–117
immigration/assimilation in, 127–133
Little Ice Age in, 162
nationalism and conscription in, 55–59
Northism scenario and, 165, 277
on populism, 51
smart living in, 260
as top immigrant destination, 52
transportation and housing, 96
Giddens, Anthony, 70
Girardet, Herbert, 245
Global Commission on Adaptation, 269–270
“Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration” (2018), 275–276
globalism and globalization. See also mobility citizens of the world and, 68, 71–72
“death of globalization,” 263
global citizens and, 68–71
“globalization as force for good,” 50
Global Peace Index, 117
Global Talent Competitiveness Index, 38n
Google, 88, 128, 172, 246
Graeber, David, 277
Greece, 51, 124, 255
Greenland, 167–168
green zones, 16, 239–242
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), 251
Haidt, Jonathan, 50
Hamid, Mohsin, 49, 279
Harris, Malcom, 66
Hasina, Sheikh, 170
Hausmann, Ricardo, 225
health and healthcare. See also Covid-19 pandemic Black Death history, 9, 34, 77, 241, 264, 295
green zones and, 240–241
Healthcare Access and Quality Index, 241n (See also quality of life)
immigrants working in healthcare, 37
medical tourism, 83, 229
Held, David, 70
Henley & Partners, 235
Hidalgo, Anne, 258
Hindriks, Karoli, 224
Holdren, John, 269
Hong Kong, 40, 67, 81–82
housing, 91–114 climate change in, 97–104, 106, 113
co-living, 256–257
communal cities, 256–259
Covid pandemic in UK and, 91–93, 104–107, 138
immigrants in Canada and, 110–114
immigrants in US and, 107–110
immigration and workforce, 40
Japanese incentives, 215–216, 217–218
mobile real estate, 92–97
physical mobility as economic mobility, 91–92
for quantum people, 94, 221–222, 228–230
remote work and, 103–107
in Siberia, 149
smart living, 259–262
Southern Europe incentives for, 121–124
youth-government tension, 77–78
human capital, 89
human geography. See also mobility; Northism (northern hemisphere); quality of life; quantum people future scenarios for, 25–28, 26
