They argued that nuclear power plants, coal burning and oil burning plants, hydroelectric dams and automobiles were seriously harming the environment. Concern for the environment gradually grew, but it was not until the mid to late 1980s that a large number of people became concerned about the environment. The worldview of industrialized societies appears to be slowly changing. This gradual change is occurring because people have begun to see the consequences of the technology that they demanded. So, just as the worldview of industrialized society affected the technology that has developed, so the technology is now affecting society's worldview.
Every culture thinks of time in certain ways and uses time in certain ways.
But the way a culture understands time is seldom made obvious. People simply absorb and accept their culture's understanding of time without even realizing it. This can present difficulties when people from different cultures interact. Cultures differ in the way that they view both the past and the future. For example, many cultures in the Middle East have existed for thousands of years.