When a Moral Vacuum Meets a Technological Maelstrom

Abstract:

As 2026 unfolds, the world appears to be sliding deeper into a moral vacuum—one shaped less by shared ideals than by the entrenchment of power, fear, and tribalism. In many countries, citizens feel increasingly untethered from intrinsic sources of meaning, and political discourse gravitates toward might rather than moral purpose. This drift is dangerous not only because it corrodes social cohesion, but because it makes societies vulnerable to “sleepwalking” into conflicts that none of them have consciously chosen, yet all of them will suffer from.