Industrial Economy & Society Our science, technology, economy and society is transitioning from the 19^th century industrial model underpinned by ‘Energy & Matter’ based science, production line technology, a trade dominated economy and consumer society to the - Cellular Economy & Society The 21^st century ‘Cellular Society’ is underpinned by ‘Information, Energy & Matter’ based science such as - – string theory, quantum information, epigenetics, systems biology, – Post-Darwinian evolution (driven by cooperation not competition) where - - Information (communication, culture, ideas & design) is global - Energy production and use is local - Material use (100% recycled, transformed & reused) is local The Transition to a Cellular Society The global Information Economy is only the first stage of the transition to the Cellular Society. The 2nd stage of this transition, with transactions between local self-contained economies or ‘economic cells’, is underway as energy becomes local & renewable and materials conserved & recycled.

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