Journal of World-Systems Research (Mar 2023)

Einstein’s Problem

  • Albert J. Bergesen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2023.1154
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 1

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This paper focuses upon the human migratory trajectory from eons on planet Earth to slowly moving out into orbital space and whether world-systems theory must craft new theoretical frames to grasp the possible problems arising from the existence of a single social system comprised of actors distributed across terrestrial and orbital platforms, dubbed here as “Einstein’s Problem.”

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