There are moments when perspective widens. When the conversation shifts from quarterly reports, interest rate decisions, or election cycles to long waves, empires, and historical turning points. We’re in one of those moments. Ray Dalio maps the rise and fall of world powers. Carlota Perez analyzes technological revolutions that reshape entire societies. Peter Turchin models social explosions. Nicolas Colin asks which institutions will carry the next era. The models are having their moment because the present demands context.