Social Change Format

Doing philosophy, i.e., analyzing concepts, in the way proffered by the Social-X series, I believe to be new and for me very exciting.  I hope that because of the three samples of Social Contract, Social Love, and here, Social Change that I'm bringing to you, you also may be bitten by the bug of trying to do philosophy in the way of  Social-X.  I believe that the methodology has significant value, as well as wide application, in providing a rational way for society to improve itself by means of doing philosophy, that is, through the efforts of philosophers!

Now, on to Social Change in a cultural milieu.  What we do is look at one particular change that has occurred recently, say, since the turn of the 20th Century.  And what we'll do is attempt to analyze its impact upon any number of cultural variables or cultural activities already identifiable.  The aim of this analysis, the result of the analysis, is to ascertain the future by defining it ourselves.  That is to say, the result, if the analysis is successful, will be a series of recommendations based on reason that constitute the path society should take.  I expect that in most areas of the culture to which this analysis is applied, the recommendations will be dramatic, simply because it's a given that society isn't all that rational, i.e., its actions are not guided by reason (my fundamental assumption, whidh justifies using this methodology in the study of any particular phenomenon as a way of making a significant contribution toward the social good).

Now, the phenomenon I'm taking up under this topic is rapid communications via the airplane and the computer , the new technologies which are a major hallmark of the 20th Century.  And the question I ask is, what has, and is, the impact upon our culture?  To answer the question, I break the culture up into its  components, paying particular attention to those cultural areas where social commentators have claimed some effect, keeping in mind that as we proceed in our analysis of the impact of the new  phenomenon upon the particular cultural area, we want to claim the future, viz., to recommend how the society should proceed  if rationally controlled.