We are living through a civilizational Phase Change — a transformation so deep that legacy systems of economy, governance, technology, culture, environment, education, and meaning (to name only a few) can no longer meet the demands of our time. The Bridge Era is what we call this liminal moment: the turbulent in-between zone where the old world is visibly failing, but the new world is not yet fully built.

This transition is being catalyzed by rapid, converging advances in artificial intelligence and other information technologies, biotechnology, energy systems, materials science, space exploration, and more — developments with the power to reshape civilization itself.

The Bridge Era Institute exists to help guide this transformation. We convene visionaries, technologists, policy thinkers, and cultural architects to prototype the foundations of the next civilization.

We equip system-builders—innovators, technologists, cultural stewards, and institutional architects—with clarity, frameworks, and the power to convene. Our goal isn’t to predict the future, but to accelerate the rise of post-crisis systems that belong to it.

Grounded in systems thinking and design ethics, we go beyond analysis. We build. And, we help others to build.

Our first major initiative, The Future of Employment & Income Institute, launched in 2024, to address what will happen to jobs, livelihoods, and purpose in the AI transition. More initiatives will launch in the months and years ahead — each addressing a core facet of civilizational transformation.