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🔄 America’s fourth reinvention

As the old world crumbles, who will build the new one?

Peter Leyden
Aug 20, 2025
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Cross-posted by Exponential View
"I was asked by Azeem Azhar, one of today's top tech journalists, to write an opinion piece for his global audience on his widely-read Exponential View. That piece went out from their base in London last week. I'm cross-posting the same piece to my subscribers this week because I laid out some new ideas about the politics of America's Fourth Great Reinvention, as well as some new insights about what is happening under the radar in San Francisco right now. Take a read of this piece with many graphics that his talented team layered in. And while you are at it, consider subscribing to his publication. Azeem's work is very complementary to mine, and vice versa, which is why he asked for this piece in the first place. "
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Peter Leyden

Hi, Azeem here with a special guest opinion piece.

Nowhere are today’s global rifts more visible than in the US. To help make sense of this moment, I’ve invited one of the sharpest macro thinkers on system change,

Peter Leyden
, to share his perspective on why America’s future could be brighter than the fractured present suggests.1

Peter is a veteran futurist. He came to San Francisco at the dawn of the digital revolution to work with the founders of WIRED magazine, and has spent decades at the front edge of technological and societal change. Peter now writes

The Great Progression: 2025-2050
newsletter, where he explores in further depth the ideas presented here.

Enjoy Peter’s essay – and do forward it if you find it useful.

Azeem


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An OG veteran of Silicon Valley since working with the founders of WIRED. Tech expert & thought leader on AI, climate tech & the future as a frequent keynote speaker, influential author & writer. Founder of Reinvent Futures for foresight advising.
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