Social Change

Hmm. Are certain disparities, such as cancer burden, related to others, such as income? From the WP.

Alert readers of FISpace will have noticed that a post I did last week about some blogger supposedly raising money for breast cancer with a “boobie-thon” (women send in pictures of their, ah, anatomy, men send in pics of pecs, and others send in money) is gone. The thing is, I had a discussion with someone at the home office ...

American Demographics has an article about an impending demographic change that might be of interest in the Society. They claim that in the next couple of decades there is going to be a big shift in population from the North to the South. A Yankee invasion of retirees. The good news is they’ll be bringing their money. We are entering ...

Wired News: Bush Team Prepares Net Assault Regardless of your politics, this article may well foretell the internet as the tool of social influence we’ll see in the future. The key: mobilize a mass of people to communicate a message, not tomorrow, but right now. This means of influence is open to anyone who want to organize it–even the ACS.