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At our most primal level, we humans are all the same. Across time and culture, we share the same fundamental needs—security, connection, purpose. Yet, we often forget this, distracted by the illusions of individuality and separateness.

During my time as a forex trader, I observed something profound: collective human emotion is written all over the charts. People obsess over lines, trends, and technical analysis, believing they are mastering the market. But the real mastery lies in detachment. The moment you switch off your own emotions and instead watch the emotions of the collective, you see the patterns with clarity. Trading, at its core, is a game of human psychology—fear and greed, euphoria and despair—repeating over and over.

Now you might ask, What does this have to do with anything?

Everything. Human emotion is the force behind all cycles—economic cycles, political shifts, social upheavals. It is why history rhymes but does not repeat. It is why civilizations rise and fall, why revolutions happen, why the same mistakes are made in new forms. Emotion is the invisible hand shaping history.

Ask yourself: do you remember the lessons your great-grandfather taught? Do you even know his name? For 99% of us, the answer is no. This is generational amnesia—the cycle of forgetting. Wisdom is not inherited; it must be learned anew with each era. And because of this, old energies leave the system while new ones enter, repeating familiar patterns with a different face.

We are now on the cusp of a transformation. Over the next decade, the world order will be reshaped by millennials. This generation, raised in the digital age, is fundamentally different. We have grown up witnessing the futility of war and the failures of zero-sum thinking. We are more collaborative than competitive, but we also understand the necessity of security and prosperity. We are the architects of a new era—one where value is created through cooperation, not conquest. And following us will come Gen Z, the artist generation, the ones who will define culture and meaning in this new world.

The next hundred years will be a deeper exploration of what it means to be human. The question will shift from survival to significance. We already live in a world of abundance—where technology has lifted billions out of poverty, where resources are more accessible than ever. The real challenge will not be material scarcity but purpose: how do we contribute? What does it mean to add value to society in an age where machines can do so much?

Yet, despite all this progress, the cycle will persist. Every 100 to 150 years, we will repeat the same mistakes in different ways. Not because we lack intelligence, but because we are human. We have the same needs, the same emotions, the same tendency to forget. And so, history will continue its rhythm until we reach a deeper understanding—until we finally accept that there is no “you” and “me,” only us!