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Adverse consequences of scientific and technological progress


Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Dogmatic belief in benefits of technical progress
Broader Problems:
Inappropriate understanding of progress
Inappropriate understanding of progress
Narrower Problems:
Medical backlash
Increasing pace of life
Fashionable mental disorders
Fashionable mental disorders
Technical ignorance of decision makers
Technical ignorance of decision makers
Uncontrolled environmental impact of technology
Overemphasis on effective use of technical resources
Related Problems:
Unjustly persecuted scientists
Aggravates:
Anti-science
Proliferation of information
Progress equated with efficiency
Maldistribution of science and technology
Proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology
Irresponsible scientific and technological activity
Faltering structural adjustment in the world economy
Natural resource depletion due to high-level consumption
Inevitable destruction of humanity by the natural environment
Inevitable destruction of humanity by the natural environment
Reduced By:
Lack of technological progress
Strategies:
Conveying dogmatism
Promoting scientific and technology culture
References:
Coppock, Rob: Social Constraints on Technological Progress
Subject(s):
Development → Progress
Science → Science
Technology → Technical
Technology → Technology
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

About UIA

The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a research institute and documentation centre, based in Brussels. It was established in 1907, by Henri la Fontaine (Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1913), and Paul Otlet, a founding father of what is now called information science.
 

Non-profit, apolitical, independent, and non-governmental in nature, the UIA has been a pioneer in the research, monitoring and provision of information on international organizations, international associations and their global challenges since 1907.

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