Accelerating scientific and technological progress and forecasting accuracy

In this article, the author shows that progress of info-communications is a key factor of society changes, as it radically changes the key aspects of human life. Studying the time of progress and comparing it with the most important anthropic characteristic - length of human life, he comes to the co...

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Pubblicato in:Journal of religious culture
Autore principale: Shestakova, Irina (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main 2014
In: Journal of religious culture
Anno: 2014
Altre parole chiave:B the area of incorrect forecasting
B planning horizons
B Progress
B the dimensionless characteristic time of progress
B speed of societal changes
B Strategic Planning
B time of one generation life
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Riepilogo:In this article, the author shows that progress of info-communications is a key factor of society changes, as it radically changes the key aspects of human life. Studying the time of progress and comparing it with the most important anthropic characteristic - length of human life, he comes to the conclusion that our generation has witnessed the tipping point in the rate of development of human civilization. This showing up in the fact that the present stage of the scientific and technological advance lead to the transformation, perhaps on the same scale, what were the appearance of written language and publishing, but these multiple fundamental changes in the life of society occur within the life of a single generation. In these circumstances, the task of forecasting, in its traditional setting, is becoming increasingly inaccurate. According to the author, the only possibility is to venture outside the framework of formal logic and technocratic approaches and try to find answers to these questions by generating new meanings of the realities surrounding us and in this context philosophy has a special role.
ISSN:1434-5935
Comprende:Enthalten in: Journal of religious culture
Persistent identifiers:URN: urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-330610