We are leaving the Information Age and transitioning into the Shift Age, a time of transformation and change that offers both great risk and incredible opportunity. In Entering the Shift Age , David Houle identifies and explains the dynamics and forces that have shaped our world and will continue to reshape our world for the next 20 years. He shows how the Shift Age means a world fully global yet focused on the individual, where the speed of change is so fast that change itself is the new norm. He also comments from the front lines of the Shift Age on issues and topics that affect our lives, from business and technology to environment, media and global culture. eBook 3 introduces the Five Contexts of the Shift Age that will profoundly change humanity over the next 5-20 years. Part 4: The Future of the Shift Age Introduction Chapter 9: The Earth Century Chapter 10: Retrofitting the Twentieth Century Chapter 11: The Concept of Place Chapter 12: Biology and Technology Merge Chapter 13: An Evolutionary Shift in Consciousness