‘Polycrisis’ is a concept best popularized by Adam Tooze. According to a report from the Cascade Institute however it can be traced to French complexity theorist Edgar Morin
1—who currently holds the (…wait for it…) UNESCO Chair of Complex Thought.
2 The report quotes Morin’s 1999 book, Homeland Earth: A Manifesto for the new Millennium:
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