{"product_id":"the-future-of-vice","title":"The Future of Vice","description":"\u003cp\u003eA vice can take many forms: overindulgence, moral fault, depravity, among others. Many  things once considered vices are now widely accepted. In the Western world: premarital sex, usury, and apostasy, to name just a few.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome vices have been embraced, only to later slide back into questionability. The question of what might be considered a vice in the future matters if we accept that novel vices – as well as shifting definitions of what does or does not count as a vice – are underappreciated indicators of the direction in which society is heading. Coffee rose to prominence in Britain’s Whiggish 17th-century coffee houses, with their excitable atmospheres and free flow of information. Psychedelics are associated with the 1960s and with ideals of expanded consciousness, universal togetherness, and world peace. Cocaine-sniffing yuppies fuelled the highs of financial capitalism in the 1980s, and so on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut vice is not confined to drugs and inebriants. Habits and behaviours can also assume the role of a vice when deemed overindulgent or morally or ethically questionable. In this issue, we explore the future of vice – and what it reveals about our society and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56891213775192,"sku":null,"price":79.96,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0306\/6770\/2408\/files\/Farsight17-Webshop1.png?v=1773327084","url":"https:\/\/checkout.cifs.dk\/products\/the-future-of-vice","provider":"Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}