Nervous Breakdown of Society
Wild Card's progress: advanced
This Wild Card came from:
Workshops/Meetings
The theme/scheme related to this Wild Card:
Germany
The sub-theme that best relates to this Wild Card:
May 2010
The source of this Wild Card:
Discussion on wild cards in the science fiction working group.
Likelihood timeframe and scenario features :
now-2050
Wild Card's description
Acceleration of life, sensory overload by the media, pervasive ICT and fierce competition at the work place have led to a dramatic increase of mental illnesses and disorders, a rise in apocalyptic prophecies and conspiracy theories and wide-spread apathy. Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders become the norm, combined with a general loss of confidence in existing organisations – state, churches, family. The society as a whole is facing a kind of nervous breakdown with subsequent burn-out syndrome.
