People are naming it the Third Wave the Information Age etc. but I would say those are basically technological descriptions and this next shift is not about technology – although obviously it will be influenced and in some cases expressed by technologies.
If we invest in researching and developing energy technology we'll do some real good in the long run rather than just making ourselves feel good today. But climate change is not the only challenge of the 21st century and for many other global problems we have low-cost durable solutions.
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I don't want technology to take me so far that I don't have to use my brain anymore. It's like GPS taking over and losing your internal compass. It's always got to be tactile still organic.