Author & Public Intellectual
I'M DANIEL
Author of Civilisation Beta. Thinker on AI, the Social Contract, and what it means to architect our civilisational future — by design, not by default.
How AI reshapes civilisation is not an abstract question. It is the question of our time — and the window to answer it consciously is closing.
The Framework
How AI reshapes civilisation
The analytical framework behind Civilisation Beta — eight interconnected ideas for understanding the transition ahead.
About Daniel
Visionary thought leader on how AI impacts society
Daniel Ziekenoppasser-Powell is the author of Civilisation Beta: How AI Architects the Next Epoch — a grand exploration of how artificial intelligence is reshaping business, society, and human ambition.
Blending systems thinking, futurism, and grounded insight, Daniel charts a path through our most pivotal civilisational transition yet. A practitioner as much as a thinker, he has spoken at leading conferences and been welcomed by an extraordinary circle of global public intellectuals — including futurist Gerd Leonhard — who recognise in his work a genuinely original contribution to how we think about AI and civilisation.
Research Feed
Daniel's Research Feed
Live from his Zotero library — the sources shaping Civilisation Beta. Updated continuously.