This article explores the addictive nature of social media, the creation of echo chambers and filter bubbles, the spread of false information, the decline of critical thinking, information overload, algorithmic bias, managing anger related to social media use, addressing social media addiction, government regulation of social media, and concludes with a call to action for promoting healthier onlin...
Higher education has long been considered the key to a brighter future, offering individuals the opportunity to acquire advanced knowledge, develop essential skills, and secure rewarding careers. However, the role of higher schooling in modern society has become an increasingly debated issue, with questions surrounding its accessibility, relevance, and overall value. In this piece, we'd like to lo...
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A recent news report has highlighted the importance of cultivating harmonious family life through the Balance of Authority and the Golden Mean Model. The model suggests that establi...
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has drastically changed how we communicate and interact with each other. AI technology is being used in self-driving cars, automated drones, robots, and other areas to make our lives more efficient by automating tasks that would otherwise take forever. AI is also making it easier an...
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Starting a new social or eco-entrepreneurship can be intimidating, requiring careful consideration of legal, financial, marketing and management aspects. However, with proper planning and dedication, social entrepreneurship can be successful and rewarding in many ways.
Creating a sustainable enterprise (a.k.a...
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Ahead of the New Year. What does it take to realize our dreams in a world that too often seems indifferent or antagonistic to us? We need to empower ourselves more than anything else. Through processes of transformation, growth, and self-discovery, we gain self-empowerment and agency.
To help with this journe...
I thought this might be of interest to some of the AWS folk - and beyond. This semester I'm teaching Economic Sociology, but is it possible to consider such issues without paying attention to the interface between modern societies and the natural world?Â
I just posted this as an announcement to BlackBoard for my SLGY 3351 students. Others might be interested....
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B.C.’s Lytton burns because of the climate crisis. What’s next?
Canada has a severe wildfire problem. Climate crisis fires, like the one which destroyed Lytton, B.C. in 2021 – after consecutive days of extraordinary record-breaking heat – are becoming more ferocious and frequent. These fires ravage people’s lives, homes, communities, and histories, to say nothing of already precarious biodiversit...
I've been looking forward to putting a lot of my time into allwalkssociology (AWS) since my spring courses are over. But there was something I had to do first. It just kind of whacked me on the side of the head, and I realized, "No, I have to run with this for a while."Â
What was the Big Distraction? I discovered Artificial Intelligence, specifically OpenAI's GPT-3 project. I became mesmerized by...
If you've poked around allwalkssociology (hereafter AWS) a bit you've realized that this website is dedicated to popularizing sociology. Why this "bee in my bonnet?"
Well, after more than two decades of teaching the subject at the university level and then teaching a well-received free Intro Sociology course to the public, I've come to a rock-solid conviction. Which is? Our deeply troubled planet...
