Technological Revolutions: Disruption and Transformation

Changing of the Gods • Season 1 • Episode 8

About this episode

Do Uranus-Pluto world transits consistently coincide with game-changing technology revolutions that irrevocably transform society? As Richard Tarnas describes, the Uranus archetype is associated with radical technological invention and disruption, while Pluto empowers these changes on massive, transformative scales. Because the archetypes are multivalent – light and shadow and everything in between – we explore the shadow side of the abuse of technology in the Plutonic “shadow side” of raw power and domination. “What the hell happened in 2007,” asks acclaimed journalist Thomas Friedman, saying that 2007 may mark the single biggest revolution in technology since Guttenberg invented the printing press.