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6 Steps Towards Realising Global Sustainable Development � � � � � 227
6.1 Sciences and the Implementation of Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) of UN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
6.2 SDG: Renewing Education in a Bit More Detail . . . . . . . . . . . 234
6.3 SDG: Sustainable Economic Growth. Possible? . . . . . . . . . . . 240
6.4 SDG: Decreasing Inequalities. Possible? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
6.5 Missing from SDGs: Stabilising the Population of Earth . . . . 244
6.6 SDG: Making Peace Among Different Religious
and Cultural Civilisations. Possible? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
6.7 Beyond SDGs: How to Develop the Global Society
in the Future? Concepts Regarding the Future
of the Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
6.7.1 Development of the Society Based on Economics . . . 248
6.7.2 Effects of Technical Development on the Society . . . . 254
6.7.3 Development of the Society on the Basis
of the Current Favourable Changes (the Theory
of the “Second Curve”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
6.7.4 High Standard Higher Education as the Basis
for Progress (the Future of Massive Open
Online Courses) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
6.7.5 Meadows’ Team on Sustainable Development . . . . . . 259
7 Conclusions: Towards an Environmental Friendly
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