SOC 248 Chapter Notes - Chapter articles 3.2, 5.4, 5.5: International Inequality, Collective Intelligence, Global Brain

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 248
• Professor: Caglar Cetin, Samee Shirazi, Tiffany Joseph

Document Summary

Reading notes: our global situation and prospects for the future, inequality and. Our global situation and prospects for the future. Because the world is better educated and increasingly connected, people are becoming less tolerant of the abuse of elite power than in the past. Unless these elites open the conversation about the future with the rest of their populations, unrest and revolutions are likely to continue and increase. : people beginning to lose their jobs to robots/technology. The world report card: state of the future index= sofi. Intended to show directions and intensity of change and identify contributing factors. Current sofiindicates a slower progress since 2007, although the overall outlook is promising. Some key trends affecting the state of the future: computing- trying to understand how brain works. Many people not tolerating abuse of power: climate change-greenhouse gases increasing, planet getting warmer. Too far to go back, must learn to adapt and prevent further damage.