Too clever for our own good: a reflective review of twelve key issues in our western societies
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2020
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22 pages
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AU-GSB e-JOURNAL 13, 1 (June 2020), 68-89
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Too clever for our own good: a reflective review of twelve key issues in our western societies
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Many people in our Developed Western World believe that we are entering or
are already in, an era of great societal change, redolent of the Renaissance and the
Reformation periods from a cultural perspective and of the Industrial Revolution in terms of
commerce, manufacturing industry and service provision. This study reviews and critiques a
broad literature of developments from twelve areas namely 1. Loss of spiritual Faith by many;
2. Increasing Economic Inequality across the social strata; 3.The Increasing Incidence of
Mental Illness in Western Societies; 4. Increasing Narcotic Drug Addiction; 5. Increasing Blue
Screen Addiction; 6. Failure to Act on Global Warming and Erratic Weather Events; 7.
Corruption of Democratically Elected Politicians and the resulting Public Protests Against
Their Actions; 8. Trying to Fix the Symptoms of these maladies rather than the Cause;
9.Increasing Civil Unrest Worldwide and Increasing Militarization of Police Forces
Worldwide; 10. Endocrine Disruptors; 11. Profit Before People; 12. Corona Virus (Covid 19).
A selection of texts by well-established and specialist academic authors testify to the historic
concern on these issues. These are supplemented by recent/current on-line sources. Academic
journals are limited to past issues because immediate issues such as Covid -19 and racial
issues such as the murder of George Floyd by police officers have yet to be published. This
research identifies the unintended social and medical consequences which have arisen, in
twelve of the most troubling social and medical issues of today. This research invites reflection
and thoughtful critical comment from readers.
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