Title :
The technological revolution and the future of the third world
Author_Institution :
Energia Nucl e Delle Energie Alternative, Rome, Italy
Abstract :
The present revolutionary wave involves a whole cluster of emerging technologies that not only evolve quite rapidly but are highly interactive and diffusive and lead toward a postindustrial, information-based society. Today´s emerging technologies have within them the capacity to go a long way toward solving many of the problems confronting developing countries that at present hinder their socioeconomic development. The factors that are hampering the ability of developing countries to derive all the benefits of the new technologies are examined. Their destructive impact on local cultures is also addressed.<>
Keywords :
economic and sociologic effects; factory automation; office automation; social aspects of automation; technology transfer; destructive impact; emerging technologies; information-based society; local cultures; socioeconomic development; technological revolution; third world; Chemical industry; Chemical technology; Machinery production industries; Manufacturing industries; Marine technology; Robotics and automation; Space technology; Speech; Springs; Wiring;
Journal_Title :
Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
