Summary

This is a defining moment in the history of humanity. On the basis of such assumption, the onus is on our society to harness, manage and leverage knowledge and learn the lessons from the earlier episodes of recession and crisis. The moral of the story is sobering and should be held front and centre for “Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it". Hence, what can history teach us? How can we confront with the plague of food and energy shortage now that the consumerism is in its apogee? In the lines to follow, the overall concept will be unfolded.