Redesign the Future

Redesign the Future: System Change for a More Inclusive South Africa — and the World Beyond By Dr Marius Joubert South Africa is often described as the most unequal country on earth. Yet, as Dr Marius Joubert shows in this thought-provoking follow-up to The System is Failing, inequality is not uniquely South African — it is a global design flaw embedded in the very foundations of our systems. In Redesign the Future, Joubert opens up a space for reflection. He explores how our political, economic, and social structures are perfectly engineered to deliver the very outcomes we lament: exclusion, inefficiency, and mistrust. As systemic solutions are explored, deeper questions emerge: What if we rethink our beliefs about money, value, and contribution? What if we dared to imagine systems built for dignity and opportunity as standard outputs rather than exceptions? Crucially, Joubert points to a world on the brink of rapid technological disruption. Advances in AI and current waves of innovation are catalysts. They are already reshaping work, governance, and the flow of power, forcing societies to confront questions long avoided. These technologies could entrench existing inequalities — or, if we choose, they could propel us toward systems designed with new values at their core. All around us, systems are in turmoil — economies under pressure, politics fractured, institutions strained. The probability of successfully transforming South African society into something better is narrowing. The window of opportunity to create a future that serves all is closing fast. Bold thinking and decisive action are no longer optional; they are urgent. Redesign the Future offers food for thought and a fresh lens through which to consider the choices ahead. It is written for leaders, investors, innovators, policy shapers, and citizens who sense that the ground beneath us is shifting — and who are ready to engage with the difficult questions that will define the systems of tomorrow. If Book 1 held up a mirror, Book 2 invites you to look forward and ask: As technology accelerates change, what kind of future are we heading towards — and can we do something about it?