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The Rise of Post-Familialism: Humanity's Future?

http://www.newgeography.com/content/003133-the-rise-post-familialism-humanitys-future

by jcfrei • 14 years ago

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gmkoliver• 14 years ago

I read recently that in medieval England large distributed families (i.e. families with lots of extended cousins in different towns and counties) had important network effects for finance, information, and so on. It was a great benefit to have a second cousin in that other town in the rather parochial society of the time.

I wonder if the rise of urban density, fast transportation, and more efficient technological networks have served to replace these benefits?

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