This is just a link to an article by Hugh Locke from Dec. 2020 that I think is a good view of our current point in history, and possibly the only one referencing the 1648 Peace of Westphalia 😉
Navigating the Double Epoch: Thoughts on changing humanity’s current plot line
The Google search on “oneness of humanity” mentioned in the article as having over 5 million results, now (July 2021) shows about 8.5 million.