Sixth wave of kondratieff and future predictions. Version 1. See also www.wouterdeheij.nl

1. The Kondratieff Cycles v1

3. EARLY INDUSTRIALISATION ERA
LATE INDUSTRIALISATION &
MODERN ENERGY ERA
CONNECTIVITY AND
GLOBALISATION ERA
KNOWLEDGE
& PERSONAL
HEALTH ERA
THE KONDRATIEFF CYCLES

4. Waterpower
Iron
Textile
Steam
Train
Steel
Photography
Cement
Electricity
Chemistry
Motors/cars
Aluminium
Mechanical
Chemical industry
Electronics
Plains
Plastics
Space exploration
Rules of Law
TV
Computers
Software
Social media
DNA
Medicine
Secularisation
Mobile phones
Internet
Ego-centric
Welfare state
FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH FIFTH
1765 1830 1885 1935 1973 2008

5. Waterpower
Iron
Textile
Steam
Train
Steel
Photography
Cement
Electricity
Chemistry
Motors/cars
Aluminium
Mechanical
Chemical industry
Electronics
Plains
Plastics
Space exploration
Rules of Law
TV
Computers
Software
Social media
DNA
Medicine
Secularisation
Mobile phones
Internet
Ego-centric
Welfare state

8. 1st World
War
1914-1918
2e World War
1914-1918

10. 1st World
War
1914-1918
2e World War
1914-1918
Crisis
2035-2045
Millennium
peak 2000
6th Wave
peak 2030-
2035
7th Wave
peak 2060-
2065
Crisis
2070-2080
Financial crisis
2007-2015
First Wave
(=steam)
ends

11. FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH FIFTH SIXTH SEVENTH
EARLY
INDUSTRIALISATION ERA
LATE INDUSTRIALISATION &
MODERN ENERGY ERA
CONNECTIVITY AND
GLOBALISATION ERA
KNOWLEDGE &
PERSONAL
HEALTH ERA
NATURECENTRIC
1765 1830 1885 1935 1973 2008 2040 2070
THE KONDRATIEFF CYCLES

12. FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH FIFTH SIXTH SEVENTH
1765 1830 1885 1935 1973 2008 2040 2070

13. FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH FIFTH SIXTH SEVENTH
1765 1830 1885 1935 1973 2008 2040 2070

14. FIFTH SIXTH SEVENTH
1973 2008 2015 2040 2050 2070
2000 2032 2065
2020 2030 2045 2055
Peak Oil
Sustainable
Energy

15. FIFTH SIXTH SEVENTH
1973 2008 2015 2040 2050 2070
2020 2030 2045 2055
Moore’sLaw

16. FIFTH SIXTH SEVENTH
1973 2008 2015 2040 2050 2070
2045 2055

17. Computers
Software
Social media
DNA
Medicine
Secularisation
Mobile phones
Internet
Ego-centric
Welfare state
Health Care
Fresh convenience
Personal technology
Distributed & Electricity
Nanotechnology
Sustainable / Nature
Cradle2Cradle in reality
Nature & IT
Epigenetics
Personal health monitoring
Ending of silicon period
Tribe/community-centric
Life Sciences
Big-data
Abundancy?
Smart Cities
Quantum computers
AI robots & AI Grids
Everything becomes a service
End of possession era
Blurring of biology & technology
End of oil era, back to the sun
Technology is part of evolution
Nature Rights is the new norm.
Bionics (tech implementation)
GMO and Cloning 4all
Humans are only for additional
inspiration and creativity
Mass unemployment
Too many people on earth
Nature-centric
Complex System Analyses
Sustainocratic eco-cities
FIFTH SIXTH SEVENTH
1973 2008 2015 2040 2050 2070
2000 2032 2065

18. FIFTH SIXTH SEVENTH
1973 2008 2015 2040 2050 2070
2000 2032 2065