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The Social Age, like the Information Age and the Industrial Age
before it, is an historic period characterized by a distinctive
feature. The Industrial Age moved society away from agrarian cultures
toward manufacturing, particularly large-scale, energy-saving
machinery. The Information Age showed us that economies could exist
beyond trade in physical product through the increased production,
transmission, consumption of and reliance on information.

The Social Age might be characterized by the incorporation of social
values into everything we do – work, play, live. This blog is about
exploring this concept.

I strive to investigate what this Social Age could be. Its
economics, its possibilities, its actual existence. I wonder if we
actually on the verge of its emergence and what is happening in society
to make this occur now. I want to know what we can do to accelerate its
progress and how we can prevent its demise.

I don’t know the answer to any of these questions. What I do know is
that so much of what is happening in society that is having us refocus
on values like community care, tribal interdependence and public good.

I wonder if it is possible that we are heading toward a world where
we care for each other, clean up our own mess, and take care of our
parents WHILE prospering as a global society!

Perhaps in this high-technology, information-overloaded mechanized
world, we are beginning to find our natural balance at last. More and
more, people are wanting to receive both money and meaning from their
jobs, wanting to contribute to the global community and wanting to live
on a vibrant and sustainable planet where children everywhere have
clean water and enough food to eat.

I’m going to observe for a while. And I invite you to do so with me.
Feel free to comment or suggest a topic you’d like to see explored (you
can send me ideas at susanne at the social age dot com).

Enjoy. Or disagree. Or just do something. Every little bit counts!

Visit us at www.thesocialage.com 

Susanne Goldstein