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Computers and Social Change Chapter 2 (7909 words) |
 | Changes in familiy, in the economy, or in the stratification system are structural changes, and are the subject of macro (large-scale) theory. |
| Changes in the way individuals interact with one another or in small group processes are the subject matter for micro (small-scale) theories. |
| Changes in food production technology (like the Green Revolution of the l960's), changes in the distribution of food (as in revolutions which overthrow a landowning aristocracy), or changes in reproductive behavior (the demographic transition) have often been used as evidence that Malthus' theory was wrong. |
| Towards a Model of Micro Philanthropy (2320 words) |
| A micro philanthropic action may be a way for people who are otherwise shielded by cynicism to appreciate a small transformation. |
| Micro philanthropic interaction does not require moral or political authority to be experienced as valid. |
| Micro philanthropy affords each of us the opportunity to contribute to whatever need evokes within us a sense of compassion, and as a scalable phenomenon helps us to participate globally in celebrations and appreciations which can be a contagion of love, or an epidemic of health. |
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