ABSTRACT
The social and environmental basis on which modern life is constructed is deteriorating. News, including print, broadcast, and social media, is increasingly concerned about the consequences of climate change, growing poverty, and increasing separation between the rich and poor. The aim of this book is to examine the social constructions that have led to these failures in modern society and provide some ideas with regard to how civilization might set a different course; one that requires a fundamental change in the structure of society and the values on which a new and better social system could be built. Let there be no mistake-unless we as a society set a drastically different course soon, human life on this planet may suffer greatly, perhaps even cease to exist altogether.
