Noēma #7
Noema is published by the the Berggruen Institute, a think tank is Los Angeles. They publish longform essays, interviews, reportage, videos and art on the overlapping themes of technology, philosophy, governance, economics, geopolitics and culture. In doing so, their approach is to cross disciplines, social silos and cultural boundaries to seek a deeper understanding of the most pressing challenges facing the world today.
In this issue: The Next Axial Age
Recent leaps in science and technology, notably genetic engineering, synthetic biology and artificial intelligence, are resurrecting the religious and ethical imagination as they stir anew foundational questions about our origins and destiny. Even the survival of the species is at risk due to the planetary climate crisis.
With no shared ideational framework and dwindling trust in bequeathed faiths and institutions, humanity is being forced back to first principles. The time for a synchronous global rethink appears to have arrived.
Los Angeles, USA; 245 x 190mm; 199 pages; Fall 2026