Every now and then I come across something which really lifts my spirits. This week it happened twice! I've been listening to the archived Radio 4 programmes 'In Our Time' recently and last night I heard one, first broadcast in 1999, which really hit the spot. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00545kh.
The academics and writers were discussing what they described as the third great shift in the whole history of humankind. Along with all
the technological and economic changes, in the past thirty years
we have seen massive social changes so they were talking about the causes of
this shift and how we will recover the social cohesion that
preceded it.
Funny how sometimes something sticks in your mind and I find myself reflecting on the idea floated that we need to redefine 'happiness' as a state of being and that perhaps seeking out 'joy' might be more realistic. (I like 'well-being' too!)
All good stuff and I'm off to buy 'The Great Disruption: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order' by Francis Fukuyama. Might be a bit of a hard read but I hope I can grapple with it.
Second goody this week was when my 13-year-old grandson sent me a link to a YouTube video which described the negative impact that Facebook is having on our personal relationships and much more. http://youtu.be/ZGEQmFL9McU
He's a Facebook user so it's really heartening that he spotted this video and even thought to forward it to his old Nan. Yes!
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