# The role of crypto infrastructures in the next civilizational transition

- Speakers: [Michel Bauwens](https://streameth.org/speakers/michel-bauwens)
- Event: [ZuConnect Istanbul - New Governance ](https://streameth.org/zuzalu/zuconnect_istanbul__new_governance), Istanbul, Türkiye
- Channel: [Zuzalu](https://streameth.org/zuzalu)
- Date: 2023-11-01
- Duration: 1:03:59
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/65b8f8d5a5b2d09b88ec18bd

## Description

Michel Bauwens, founder of the P2P Foundation will look at the broad evolution of civilization, its cycles of ascent and descent, and the patterns behind transitional periods.