Sense making in a fast-forward society

Anne Lise Kjaer

Chapter Chapter 2 in The Trend Management Toolkit, 2014, pp 28-54 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract One of the main challenges in the Western world is that of overconsumption. To consume or not consume has become our big ethical dilemma — one that seems to unite us, but at the same time divide the haves and have-nots. And when marketers talk about meaningful consumption, they focus on a small proportion of people; according to the World Bank, 80% of humanity lived on less than $10 a day in 2008.1 In the Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress, Joseph Stiglitz, Amartya Sen, and Jean-Paul Fitoussi observed: “Those attempting to guide the economy and our societies are like pilots trying to steering [sic] a course without a reliable compass.”2 I suggest that what is missing from our current navigation charts is a moral compass and this will not emerge until we address the root causes of inequality at a global level.

Keywords: Good Life; Social Initiative; Sense Making; Circular Economy; Global Citizen (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137370099_2

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