Science, Technology and the Quality of Life.

Autor/in	King, Alexander
Institution	Institute for Cultural Research, Kent (England).
Titel	Science, Technology and the Quality of Life.
Quelle	(1972), (11 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Economic Change; Environmental Standards; Futures (of Society); Global Approach; Interdisciplinary Approach; International Cooperation; Life Satisfaction; Population Growth; Prediction; Quality of Life; Sciences; Social Change; Social Problems; Social Values; Technological Advancement; Technology; Trend Analysis; Urban Population; Well Being + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ökonomischer Wandel; Umweltauflage; Future; Society; Zukunft; Globales Denken; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Lebensvollendung; Population increase; Bevölkerungswachstum; Vorhersage; Lebensqualität; Science; Wissenschaft; Sozialer Wandel; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Sozialer Wert; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Technologie; Trendanalyse; Stadtbevölkerung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	In view of the changing relationship between science, technology, and the quality of life, future efforts need to be devoted to the use of new knowledge for social objectives rather than for economics and defense. The mass of problems facing society today, which to some extent are direct side effects of technological growth, appear to have three interactive and inextricable causes: (1) the increase in world population and accumulation of population in urban areas, (2) an increase in level of affluence, and (3) the unmanaged upsurge of technology which has been the agent for producing affluence and urbanization. These problems appear to have three features in common. They are global and seem to appear in any kind of society at a certain level of development irrespective of the social or political system. Second, they are extremely complex and multi-variant in economic, social, political, and psychological aspects that are difficult to disentangle. Third, they are enormously interactive. Pessimistic projections from the world model developed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are not merely an experiment in futurology; they are an analysis of trends that indicate what is likely to happen if present growth and policy persist. The human species approaches a moment of findamental crisis. There are ways out, but little time is left to initiate the basic changes in human objectives, motivation, and behavior that are necessary if man is to survive. (LH)
Anmerkungen	Institute for Cultural Research, P.O. Box 13, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 OJD England (2 pounds).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC