Building the Characteristics of a City or a Lifestyle?

3/4/2016

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It is common knowledge that when someone is faced with challenges of the future, he tends to refer back to his past to find wisdom that would potentially help him move forward, regardless if he possesses an old-fashioned mindset or a modern one. The understanding someone has about his past tells him which way to go as he moves towards his future. Should someone fail to do so, it is believed that he will experience a ‘future shock’, which will result in an overall culture shock. Alfin Toffler (“Future Shock,” 1971, p.20) writes, “Culture shock is a time phenomenon, a product of a society that is experiencing an accelerated change, when a new culture is superimposed on an old one without any adaptation process, resulting in a bad impact.”

STORY BY Martono Yuwono

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