Globalization and sustainability: the cynics, the romantics and the realists

摘要

Based on an address given to the second international conference on Sociocybernetics the author gives a personal view of globalization and sustainability. He discusses economy-driven, science-driven and tourism-driven globalization and gives a meaning to the term "sustainer", He gives examples of the "nastier aspects of globalization" and considers whether there is a realistic approach to globalization and sustainability problems. Deals from a sociocybernetic viewpoint with some of the challenges to be faced in the modern world.