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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
Unintended consequences of technology
Narrower Problems:
Medical backlash
Increasing pace of life
Fashionable mental disorders
Excessive work-related travel
Technical ignorance of decision makers
Excessive computer control of social processes
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
Inability of educational systems to keep pace with technological advancement
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:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST