Archive for October, 2018
Trends since 2016: Psycho-Social Health, Illness, Technology
• October 15, 2018 • 2 CommentsPosted in eco-social theory, social change, social ecology, social theory
Tags: attention economy, behavioural design, fertility crisis, gaming addiction, loneliness, mental health, opioid addiction, screen addictions, tech addictions, techlash
Current Global Trends. Part 2
• October 10, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in climate change, eco-social theory, ecology, social change, social ecology, social theory
Tags: climate change, current ecological trends, ecological footprints, global overshoot, global poverty, global warming, ice sheet melting, insect armageddon, Malthusian scarcity cycles, pollution deaths, silent springs, state of the oceans, water shortages
Deep Disruption. Some Trends since 2016, Part 1
• October 7, 2018 • 1 CommentPosted in critical theory, history, social change, social theory
Tags: 2016 watershed, contemporary history, cultural regression into magic thinking, decline in US hegemony and rise of China, deep disruption, Doomsday Clock 2016, modern slavery, peak inequality, post facts, post truth, right wing demagogues, right-wing populism, total surveillance, trends since 2016, Trump phenomenon
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