A Fighting Stance Against the “Next Big One” Post-SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 in Contemporaneous Social Imagery and Journalism

2022 ◽  
pp. 60-109
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
Public Data ◽  
The Future ◽  
Microbial Agents ◽  
Far Future

Humanity has to first survive the present SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic moment, and then it has to learn from it in order to better handle a similar challenge in the near-, medium-, and far-future. This work explores what an 800+ social imageset from Google Images (seeded with the phrase “COVID19 and future”) and a 724-article journalistic articleset around COVID-19 (with mentions of “future”) suggest about how the general public is thinking about the future either living with COVID-19 or post-COVID-19, at the micro (individual), meso (group, organizational), and macro (societal, global) levels. This work considers what a fighting stance against future pathogenic microbial agents may look like in a broad public mindset based on contemporaneous public data, analyzed both manually and partially computationally.

PERANCANGAN ARSITEKTUR RUANG LIMINAL ANTARA SEBUAH DUALISME (BERTANI DAN MELAUT)

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1087
Author(s):  
Michael Gideon Josian ◽  
Maria Veronica Gandha
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Common Space ◽  
Special Character ◽  
Ideal System ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Letting Go

The future of dwelling has a very board context and will continue to be discussed, it is possible that the discussions about “dwelling” is come from the environment of farming and fishing. Things that are not much cared for but still have a role in the survival of the world. Therefore this matter will be discussed using the role of architecture as space, to be able to create an ideal system by paying attention to the quality of farming and fishing for the future, and leaving a trace or memory to be able to carry messages for the future. Talking about the future of an interaction that occurs between the general public and farmers and fishermen, especially considering that farmers and fishermen themselves can be compared to two different poles, a liminal space is needed, which may already exist indirectly in the environment. By letting go of individual egos and emphasizing ego to the point of view of farmers and fishermen. To present a common space, or a place that contains a special character of a city that contains a message for the future. Keywords:  dualism; hope; liminal; trace;  Abstrak Masa depan cara berhuni memiliki konteks yang sangat luas dan akan terus diperbincangkan. Tidak menutup kemungkinan datang dari pembahasan mengenai cara berhuni dengan bertani dan melaut. Hal yang tidak banyak dipedulikan tetapi tetap memiliki peran dalam kelangsungan dunia. Oleh karena itu, masa depan berhuni ini akan dibahas dengan menggunakan peran arsitektur sebagai ruang, untuk dapat menciptakan sistem yang ideal dengan memperhatikan kualitas bertani dan melaut bagi masa depan, dan meninggalkan sebuah jejak atau kenangan untuk dapat membawa pesan bagi masa depan. Berbicara mengenai masa depan dari sebuah interaksi yang terjadi antara masyarakat umum dengan para petani dan nelayan, apalagi mengingat para petani dan nelayan itu sendiri dapat diibaratkan berada pada kedua kutub yang berbeda, maka dibutuhkanlah sebuah ruang liminal, yang mungkin sudah hadir secara tidak langsung pada lingkungan masyarakat. Dengan cara melepaskan ego individual dan menekankan ego kepada sudut pandang para petani dan nelayan. Untuk menghadirkan sebuah ruang bersama, atau sebuah tempat yang mengandung sebuah karakter tersendiri dari sebuah kota yang berisi pesan bagi masa depan.

scholarly journals Carbon Ruins: Engaging with Post-Fossil Transitions through Participatory World-Building

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Stripple ◽  
Alexandra Nikoleris ◽  
Roger Hildingsson
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
General Public ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Political Tradition ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
Physical Presence ◽  
The Future ◽  
Ways Of Being

While many pathways to post-fossil futures have been articulated, most fail to engage people in imagining themselves as being part of those futures and involved in the transition. Following recent calls for more immersive experiences, the 2019 initiative “Carbon Ruins—An Exhibition of the Fossil Era” (Carbon Ruins) is a performance set around a historical museum from the future, which uses recognisable, culturally powerful physical objects to bridge the gap between abstract scenarios and everyday experiences. Through its physical presence and extensive media coverage, Carbon Ruins struck a chord with scientists, activists, creative professionals, policy makers, civil society organisations, and the general public. Like other imaginary worlds, Carbon Ruins is not finished. It is an open-ended process of narrating, imagining, and representing (the transition to) a post-fossil future. In this article we reflect upon Carbon Ruins as a participatory form of world-building that allows for new ways of knowing, and new ways of being, in relation to post-fossil transitions. We discern three different kinds of authorship that were taken on by participants: as originators, dwellers, and explorers. While the originator makes the future world a recognisable place, the dweller can engage active hope in place of a passive sense of urgency, and the explorer can transform resignation into commitment, with a fresh determination to leave the fossil era behind. Situating Carbon Ruins within a critical political tradition, we find post-fossil world-building to be a form of critique that destabilises accustomed ways of thinking and opens up new fields of experience that allows things to be done differently.

Pandora's Dreams

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-31
Author(s):  
Peter Beaumont ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
General Public ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Government ◽  
Wrong Action

Should we be held accountable for what we imagine, but choose not to actually do? Does wrong thought always lead to wrong action? In this work of philosophical short story fiction, scientists have discovered a way to record dreams and make them available for playback. This quickly gives rise to the bootleg sale of horrible and wonderful dreams to a general public interested in ever-more spectacle. It also creates a market for buying and watching the dreams of celebrities. Finally, it brings about the government subpoenaing dreams to use as evidence in trials and, later, in helping it discover crimes that have not, but might, happen in the future.

Changing of the Guard

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Webster ◽  
David Shirley
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
General Public ◽  
Advocacy Effort ◽  
Citizen Groups ◽  
Project Plan ◽  
The Future

Tells the story of a change in the BBPC’s leadership and their successful advocacy effort to incorporate the area between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges into the future park. Further south, planning begins on the piers area of the park with the hiring of an elite architectural firm to plan and oversee construction of the Park, publication of General Project Plan providing the general public with the first glimpse of what the actual Park might involve, disillusion and dissent among some early supporters and other citizen groups, and the beginnings of some negative media coverage of the Park.

Amazon Blockchain Enabling Commercial and Governmental Applications

2021 ◽  
pp. 143-197
Author(s):  
Stephen E. Arnold
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Information Flow ◽  
General Public ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
The Future ◽  
Amazon Web Services ◽  
The Many

The COVID-19 pandemic created significant problems for everyone and every business, but a few enterprises thrived, and Amazon was at the top of the list. Through their AWS (Amazon Web Services), Amazon controls many companies' information flow and data of all sizes. But what the general public does not know is that Amazon has been working on several blockchain and AI initiatives for over a decade. This chapter will provide a detailed narrative about Amazon's activity, patents, databases, and services that will leverage blockchain technology. The many patents filed by Amazon will greatly benefit Amazon both now and in the future.

Mortality and Border Deaths Data

Border Deaths ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Dearden ◽  
Tamara Last ◽  
Craig Spencer
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
General Public ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Future ◽  
Current Context

Statistics on border deaths have permeated public discourse over the last few years in Europe, in part due to the increased effort by academics, journalists, NGOs and international organizations to document these deaths. For researchers and policy makers, these quantitative data help indicate the severity of the phenomenon of people dying while trying to reach other countries in an irregularized manner. Such figures can also raise awareness and concern within the general public. This chapter is organized around the main challenges associated with quantitative border deaths data collection and dissemination. The chapter suggests strategies for improvement of the current context as well as directions for research and work on border deaths in the future.

GAS-BASED INDUSTRY IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA—REAL OPPORTUNITIES

2001 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
R. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
General Public ◽  
Equity Markets ◽  
New Economy ◽  
Resource Development ◽  
The State ◽  
The Future

There has been a tendency in recent years for equity markets and the general public to move their interest away from resource development. The focus on gas development has also suffered, as attention has shifted to the so-called ‘new economy’.Gas development in Western Australia is more than ever a jewel in the future economic crown of the State and nation.Gas development offers a real opportunity based on real economics and real comparative advantage. This argument is supported by analysis of the comparative strengths and weaknesses influencing the development of gas-based projects in Western Australia.The paper also identifies where and how this development might occur.

scholarly journals Cosmological Information from New Types of Radio Observations

1977 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 379-387
Author(s):  
William C. Saslaw
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Cosmological Models ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Radio Observations ◽  
Microwave Background ◽  
Measured Flux ◽  
The Future ◽  
Number Counts ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Far Future

To have squeezed the Universe into a ballTo roll it toward some overwhelming question.T. S. EliotSo far, we have mainly discussed what might be called classical methods for investigating cosmological models using radio observations. These mostly involve the number counts as a function of measured flux, angular diameters, and spatial distribution of radio sources at cosmological distances, as well as the measurements of the microwave background. In this review, I have been asked to give a brief description of some new, or non-classical, measurements that might be made. It seems that such measurements fall into one of three categories: Observations which are being made now and which may bear fruit in the next several years, observations which may be possible in the intermediate future several decades from now, and observations which may be possible in the far future - if ever. Naturally I'll try to concentrate on the first two categories since they will be of more interest to most living astronomers during their working lifetimes. Also, since time is short and it is very difficult to predict the future, I'm afraid that this review will be somewhat impressionistic rather than exhaustive. I hope people will describe additional methods during the discussion.

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