Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies Security grade: A ( Atlantic International University ) course: SEMINAR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT I language: English abstract: What is a quantum shift in the global brain? According to Laszlo the global brain is the quasi-neural energy- and information- processing network created by six and a half billion humans on the planet interacting in many ways private as well as public and on many levels local as well as global. He goes on to say that a quantum shift in the global brain is a sudden and fundamental transformation in the relations of a significant segment of the six and a half billion humans to each other and to nature- a macroshift in society. The two shifts together make for a veritable reality revolution in society as well as in science. In his book Laszlo tells us that we are at a pivotal point in evolution where our generation is in the position to determine the fate of humankind. Nevertheless we can no longer continue on as we have done until now.