Crash Course in Prediction and Mitigation for a Crashing System: a Complex Biocultural Sociological Perspective of Sudden Social Decline

• Autorzy: Laurenc De Vita
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

To present a condensed but inclusive discussion of the nature of the complex global system and the impediments to, but also the advantages of, means of prediction and action in a rapidly declining society to offer a compendium of the potential to assess the difficulty of predicting complex social systems.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Social system; Society; Global society

PL

System społeczny; Społeczeństwo; Społeczeństwo globalne

• Czasopismo: Central European Review of Economics and Management
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: 7
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 31--61

Twórcy

autor

Laurenc De Vita

• Independent Scholar, USA

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DOI

10.29015/cerem.966