{"title":"A new empirical framework to measure beliefs about the future well‐being of all humanity","authors":"Xiaobin Lou, Brian W. Haas","doi":"10.1111/issj.12522","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Many important decisions that people are faced with hold consequences for future generations of humans on Earth. However, it is currently not well understood how people think about the future of all humans on Earth. This study was designed to explore the way people think about the past and future of all of humanity. We investigate people's beliefs about the past and future of all humanity (1000 years) as compared to people's beliefs about the remembered past and predicted future of their own lives (10 years). We found that the trajectory of quality of life is dissociable according to humanity vs individual levels, and that beliefs about the past and future of all humanity are linked to several personality and dispositional traits (neuroticism, conscientiousness, optimism and time orientation) and values/attitudes (current life satisfaction, science and technology and system justification). These findings provide a useful framework to further investigate how people think about the future of all humanity and shed new light on potential correlates to the way the future of humanity is imagined.","PeriodicalId":35727,"journal":{"name":"International Social Science Journal","volume":" 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Social Science Journal","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1111/issj.12522","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Many important decisions that people are faced with hold consequences for future generations of humans on Earth. However, it is currently not well understood how people think about the future of all humans on Earth. This study was designed to explore the way people think about the past and future of all of humanity. We investigate people's beliefs about the past and future of all humanity (1000 years) as compared to people's beliefs about the remembered past and predicted future of their own lives (10 years). We found that the trajectory of quality of life is dissociable according to humanity vs individual levels, and that beliefs about the past and future of all humanity are linked to several personality and dispositional traits (neuroticism, conscientiousness, optimism and time orientation) and values/attitudes (current life satisfaction, science and technology and system justification). These findings provide a useful framework to further investigate how people think about the future of all humanity and shed new light on potential correlates to the way the future of humanity is imagined.
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The International Social Science Journal bridges social science communities across disciplines and continents with a view to sharing information and debate with the widest possible audience. The ISSJ has a particular focus on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary work that pushes the boundaries of current approaches, and welcomes both applied and theoretical research. Originally founded by UNESCO in 1949, ISSJ has since grown into a forum for innovative review, reflection and discussion informed by recent and ongoing international, social science research. It provides a home for work that asks questions in new ways and/or employs original methods to classic problems and whose insights have implications across the disciplines and beyond the academy. The journal publishes regular editions featuring rigorous, peer-reviewed research articles that reflect its international and heterodox scope.
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