The Future of Work article titled Compass: Back to Basics: Change Banagement 101 brought up a good point:
“people don't universally resist change; what they resist, and resent, is being changed, with no control over where, when, or how that change is imposed on them. People don't demand stability—what most of us want is predictability, or at least a reasonable level of personal control over whatever changes they are subjected to.”
This causes a problem for space habitation. We don’t know how space habitation will affect society. People will feel like they can not control the societal changes brought by space habitation. We already see this resistance manifested in the culture wars. Space habitation will see similar resistance because they are forced to change for space habitation. A space faring culture will demand more education; it will demand more skills. New professions will be formed and professions will die because of the increased technology. This will cause people to fight against space habitation.
Reactions
-How do we prevent a war against space habitation?
Resources
Ware, Jim. Charlie Grantham, “Compass: Back to Basics: Change Banagement 101.” Weblog entry. The Future of Work. 10/22/2007. Accessed 12/28/2009 <http://www.thefutureofwork.net/newsletter_1209_Compass.html>
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Smith, Stephen, “Thinking about Change.” Weblog entry. …words. 12/26/2009. Accessed 12/28/2009 <http://stephenpsmith.com/blog/2009/12/thinking-about-change/>
In Case You Skimmed
- Space habitation will be resisted because it will change society.
