Metamodernity

The world is changing. Our old knowledge and general understanding ofthe world do not provide sufficient answers anymore. As our oldunderstandings and the answers we get from them are insufficient, theways we are used to react and behave do not work well anymore either.Social norms that used to make us come across as polite and friendly aresuddenly offensive to some; a good education that used to lead to a goodjob is outdated when you receive your diploma. Our cultural compasscannot contain and judge the world properly because the challenges weare facing were not a part of our world when we came of age and learnedwhat the world was like.Metamodernity provides us with a framework for understanding ourselvesand our societies in a more complex way. Metamodernity is a way ofstrengthening local, national, continental, and global cultural heritageamong all. It thus has the potential to dismantle the fear of losingone’s culture as the global economy as well as the internet andexponential technologies are disrupting our current modes of societalorganization and governance.