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We have been future shocked

01Jul08

In the future, as technological advancement accelerates, the speed of change in human society will increase exponentially. And according to futurologist Alvin Toffler, this breeds a society built upon transience, novelty and diversity, and as humans struggle to cope with the increasing speed of change, they will experience “future shock”.
In this new world, our relationships [...]


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The future of family and romance

30Nov07

Published in 1970, browsing through some chapters of this book literally gave me a shock.
Firstly, the trends he predicted have been fairly accurate.
Secondly, I was shocked.
The fracturing of the concepts of motherhood, parenthood and the family model in view of technological changes (e.g. purchasing embryos), diversification of gender (e.g. homosexuals) are some issues that [...]


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