Waiting for the Millennium Bug
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12596417 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ronnie Hawkins (0000-0003-3394-5759, University of Central Florida, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 267-274 |
| Publication date | 1999-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethics Place & Environment (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1366-879X • E-ISSN: 1469-6703 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1366879x.1999.11644249 |
| OpenAlex | W4233179364 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
With increasing appreciation that the Y2K problem may turn out to have unpredictable and potentially far-reaching effects, we are faced with what in some ways resembles the looming global ecological crisis, only this time what is at stake are not vital ecosystem services but rather the vital structures of our highly complex socially constructed reality—and this time we have a date-certain deadline for the onset of the crisis. Regardless of what actually happens when the calendar turns from 1999 to 2000, this period of waiting for the millennium bug can be a productive one if it induces some of us to contemplate what things we actually depend upon to sustain our lives and, utilizing John Searle's analysis, in what ways we might reconstruct our social reality if faced with the opportunity—and why we haven't begun to do so sooner
Economic growth · Economics · Millennium Development Goals · Poverty · Computer Science · Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2000 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |