The COVID-19: the great opportunity to think and create better future societies
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https://doi.org/10.22325/fes/res.2020.43Keywords:
pandemic, opportunity, possible futures, preferable futures, better societiesAbstract
The global scale and dramatic consequences of the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 offers us the opportunity to reflect, collectively, on the probable, possible and preferable social futures. Thus, we can start the path of building better and more desirable societies. The future is not set in stone. The sociology of the future and the future studies are the ideal space to combine visions with actions to generate better, more harmonious, and happier future societies.
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