The knowledge society
In 2007, global investments in R&D have increased by 7% on the previous year and have reached an absolute historical peak, exceeding for the first time the threshold of 1,100 billion dollars (calculated in the hypothesis of a purchasing power parity between the currencies). The world invests in scientific research and technological development 2.1% of the wealth it produces. At the same time, there has been an increase in the exchange of high added-knowledge value goods and high tech represents now the most dynamic sector of the world economy.
An advanced expression of culture and of social evolution, contemporary technology, which increasingly incorporates endless quantities of scientific knowledge, has acquired a decisive …
This article will briefly present a few theses and reflections of mine on some perversions and disruptions under way in knowledge development and …
The knowledge society is a new social species that, despite many uncertainties and some (old and new) ambiguities, is emerging on the horizon …
The past few decades have been marked by a rapid scientific and technological development. One of the most paradoxical, and perhaps more disturbing, …