Dear Communication and Info Technology Section Members:

My name is Dan Fowler. I am the new media relations and public affairs officer at ASA. I would like to set up an interview for a reporter for an article she is working on about societal change for two publications, Lady DaVinci, an online women's magazine, and The Good News, a national magazine with about a 50,000 circulation. The reporter, Rebecca Sweat, is looking to speak with an expert for about 20 or 30 minutes sometime before April 30. If you are interested, it would be great if you could provide me with the best contact information to pass along to her.

Here is Rebecca's more detailed description of what she is looking for:

"Basically, in this article, I will be discussing the idea that our world is experiencing more change and at a faster, more accelerated rate than at any other time in history. I have heard a lot of statements along the line of 'Because of the explosive power of exponential growth, the 21st century will be equivalent to 20,000 years of progress at today's rate of progress,'  'The world William Shakespeare was born into was basically the same world as when he died,' and 'We no longer live in a place planted on a firm foundation but instead on an ever-shifting, ever-changing continuum of uncertainty that keeps everyone off balance.' These are some of the ideas I would like to address in my article.

I would like to interview experts to get their perspectives on the following: Exactly how is our world changing (as far as technology, political and social changes, etc.)? How is all this change affecting individuals and societies? As a result of all this change in the world, are individuals and families today having to deal with more change than people did in past generations? What has brought on all this change? What can we do to control change, blunt stress and control areas of change overload?"

I look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you,
Dan

Daniel Fowler
Media Relations and Public Affairs Officer
American Sociological Association
1430 K Street, NW, Suite 600
Washington, D.C. 20005
202.527.7885

Dan, It sounds as though you have either read or received comments based
on Ray Kurzweil's reflection on Linear progression of knowledge vs.
accelerating returns.  I look forward to learning how you will frame the
discussion.  Regards, David

David Louden

Senior Project Developer

2720 Technology Dr.

Annapolis Junction, MD 20701

301 575-3426 (Office)

410 575-8057 (Cell)

david.louden@l-3com.com

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Dear Communication and Info Technology Section Members:

My name is Dan Fowler. I am the new media relations and public affairs
officer at ASA. I would like to set up an interview for a reporter for
an article she is working on about societal change for two publications,
Lady DaVinci, an online women's magazine, and The Good News, a national
magazine with about a 50,000 circulation. The reporter, Rebecca Sweat,
is looking to speak with an expert for about 20 or 30 minutes sometime
before April 30. If you are interested, it would be great if you could
provide me with the best contact information to pass along to her.

Here is Rebecca's more detailed description of what she is looking for:

"Basically, in this article, I will be discussing the idea that our
world is experiencing more change and at a faster, more accelerated rate
than at any other time in history. I have heard a lot of statements
along the line of 'Because of the explosive power of exponential growth,
the 21st century will be equivalent to 20,000 years of progress at
today's rate of progress,'  'The world William Shakespeare was born into
was basically the same world as when he died,' and 'We no longer live in
a place planted on a firm foundation but instead on an ever-shifting,
ever-changing continuum of uncertainty that keeps everyone off balance.'
These are some of the ideas I would like to address in my article.

I would like to interview experts to get their perspectives on the
following: Exactly how is our world changing (as far as technology,
political and social changes, etc.)? How is all this change affecting
individuals and societies? As a result of all this change in the world,
are individuals and families today having to deal with more change than
people did in past generations? What has brought on all this change?
What can we do to control change, blunt stress and control areas of
change overload?"

I look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you,

Dan

Daniel Fowler

Media Relations and Public Affairs Officer

American Sociological Association

1430 K Street, NW, Suite 600

Washington, D.C. 20005

202.527.7885