I have studied numerous social theories to a reasonable degree and I find them lacking. The issue comes to this; they are out dated and no longer appropriate. Now lots of work is done looking at the old greats and tweaking them, taking parts and modernising them or trying to desperately apply them to new technologies or situations. Therefore I feel the time is now when new social theory is need, not reboots of old but ones freshly carved, they may well be heavily influenced by previous theory but they are a foundation not the body. Theories that exist influence many things and as they grow stale so the things they influence slow and become stale. This generation is one of many benefits and these are not benefits we should resent, they are things many of us have come by through toil and they support us, to eschew them is idiocy. Also we must look to a new theory that benefits and unites all people; a revolution is needed but not one of the past. We need not throw down any shackles nor pick up any weapons, we must throw down and prejudices and pick up our pens. This is not about reactionary thinking but striving forward, as a people, a species, a whole collective and most importantly a collective of individuals. We are all the same in our unique nature and this is something to be embraced and encouraged. This is an age of wealth for many, of information and of infinite potential. The future is forever before us, we need only reach out for it.
I think it is in this generation technology has been so omnipresent in our society with social networking sites, surveillance cameras and other things. Because of this we can no longer say that technology and society are 2 distinct things but are in fact merged entities that coexist with one another. Carl Sagan i think says it best http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePpjCNLCCi0 sorry the video is of Halo which kinda ruins my serious tone :P
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