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Partial
List of Cultural Characteristics and Descriptors
How
will YOU live and work tomorrow?
General
lifestyle characteristics
| Self-actualization
opportunities; lives of fulfillment? |
OR |
Lives of maintenance? |
| Introspection? |
OR |
Stimulation and
diversion? |
| Fast-paced life? |
OR |
Tranquility? |
| Work-centric? |
OR |
Balance among work,
family, leisure? |
| Complex society? |
OR |
Simple lifestyles? |
| Non-material or inner
happiness? |
OR |
Economy based on
permanent discontent (creation and satisfaction of wants and
needs)? |
Family,
Community, and Identity
| Sense of community? |
OR |
Large, impersonal
society? |
| Nuclear family? |
OR |
Extended or other family
structure? |
| Group-based identity
(family, ethnicity, religion, nation, socioeconomic class,
profession, political party, etc.)? |
OR |
Individual-based
identity; self-reliance; individual independence; loose ties |
| Patriarchal? |
OR |
Matriarchal? |
| Preponderance of
inner-directed people? |
OR |
Preponderance of
other-directed people? |
| Transient friendships and
business relationships? |
OR |
Commitment to long-term
relationships? |
Outlooks and
mindsets
| Reductionistic
thinking? |
OR |
Holistic
thinking? |
| Long-term
thinking and planning horizon? |
OR |
"Quarterly
earnings statement" mindset? |
| "Right-brain"
culture (intuitive, creative)? |
OR |
"Left-brain"
culture (analytical, deductive)? |
| Youth-oriented? |
OR |
Age-oriented
(respect for ancestors and elders)? |
| Long-term
commitment, thrift, perseverance, and sacrifice? |
OR |
Instant
gratification? |
| Risk-aversion? |
OR |
Risk-taking
and adventure? |
| Co-existence
with nature? |
OR |
Disconnection
from and/or dominion over nature? |
| Outlook of
self-determination? |
OR |
Fatalistic
outlook? |
| Competitive?
Control, power, and achievement focused? |
OR |
Cooperative? |
| Conformist
pressures? |
OR |
Diversity
tolerant? |
| Rule-oriented? |
OR |
More
acceptance of diversity and uncertainty? |
| Counterpoint-based
identity ("us-them")? |
OR |
Other basis
for identity? |
| Education and
learning as a means to an end? |
OR |
Education and
learning valued in themselves? |
| Traditions
respected (which ones)? |
OR |
Traditions
discarded (which ones)? |
| Same
structuring institutions –
family, workplace, religions, patriotism, educational
institutions, etc.? |
OR |
New
structuring institutions? |
partial
list of topics
thematic
issue announcement |
Cultural
Descriptors
