My 2017 season's greetings message

We are almost at the end of the first year in what I term the "Cyberspace Age" and it has been one of the most chaotic years in recent memory.

We are also seeing a further "digitisation of humanity" in this world of ours. Norway announced that it would turn off all FM stations, leaving only digital radio active, and Switzerland has stated it will follow suit. Britain is also considering this move once digital radio listeners reach 51% of total radio listeners. Social media is becoming more and more critical in politics and everyday life, and it has also helped fake news, notorious during the 2016 US Presidential election, spread more quickly before being debunked and thus able to influence far more people than last year. Social media is also leading to increased social isolation and could fragment society even further if obsessions with it are not curbed sufficiently; it is very useful and will continue to be but we must not become so attached to it as if it were alcohol or medication, otherwise it will further divide us the way events such as the EU referendum of 2016 and the snap British general election that occurred as an indirect consequence of the potential Brexit problems have.

Let us hope 2018 will be a more stable and more prosperous year for us all, in Britain or elsewhere, and a time where we embrace green politics and economics on an international scale, for that is what we will all need for our future, irrespective of where we are or who we are.

See you in the New Year, everyone!











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