The problem this work addresses
Human civilization stands at a turning point unmatched in thirty thousand years. The emergence of artificial general intelligence (AGI) is not a technical upgrade but civilization’s “coming of age”: it forces humanity to ask why we exist when we are no longer “the most useful species.” Part I: The collapse of the old world — why must we change? 1. The curse of being needed: a thirty-thousand-year human contract
Place in the framework
This work belongs to the Civilization Leap five-volume family in the Why Civilization Leap field. Its role is a general-audience edition; it does not replace theoretical source texts, validation volumes, audience editions or practical documents in the same family.
Who should read it
Decision-makers, think tanks and civilization researchers
Reading guidance
First-time readers can begin with the version note, introduction and central judgments, then follow the recommendations at the end to related works.
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- Current version
- Summary edition
- Publication status
- Current public research draft
- Role of this work
- General-audience edition
- Field
- Why Civilization Leap
- Stable English page
- https://www.civitas.top/en/documents/p02-five-003/
Continue reading
- Civilization Leap: The Path of Civilization in the AGI Era (All Five Volumes) — The five-volume work is the theoretical core at the level of civilization, addressing being needed, pre-institutional language, Civilization Leap, civilizational continuity and meaning emergence in sequence.
- Ten Questions on Civilization Leap — Help first-time readers see the real problems, central judgments and where to read next.
- Civilization Leap Research Collection: First-Reading Edition — Help first-time readers see the real problems, central judgments and where to read next.
- Civilization Leap Entry-Route Map — Help first-time readers see the real problems, central judgments and where to read next.
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