Future technology civilization revolution

The forum defines вЂњsustainable developmentвЂќ as the central aim of the global management activities. The World Economic ForumвЂ™s webpageВ about the вЂњ Great ResetвЂќВ proclaims that вЂњthe Covid-19 crisisвЂќ presents вЂњa unique window of opportunity to shape the recovery.вЂќВ At the present вЂњhistoric crossroads,вЂќВ the world leaders must address вЂњthe inconsistencies, inadequacies and contradictionsвЂќ ranging from healthcare and education to finance and energy. Like Satya NadellaвЂ™sВ foreword, SchwabвЂ™s text reiterates several times the claim that the вЂњevolution of the fourth Industrial RevolutionвЂќ is вЂњentirely within our powerвЂќ when вЂњweвЂќ use the вЂњwindow of opportunityвЂќ and drive for вЂњempowerment.вЂќВ The вЂњweвЂќ that both authors speak of is the global technocratic elite that calls for central control and state interventionism (called вЂњshaping the futureвЂќ) in a new system that is characterized by intimate cooperation between business and government, or, more specifically between high tech and a handful of key states. The changes that come with the new technologies will be comprehensive and will topple вЂњthe way we produce and transport goods and services.вЂќВ The revolution will upset how вЂњwe communicate, the way we collaborate, and the way we experience the world around us.вЂќВ The change will be so profound that the advances in neurotechnologies and biotechnologies вЂњare forcing us to question what it means to be human.вЂќ In the preface to his latest book, Klaus Schwab predicts that the fourth Industrial Revolution will вЂњupend the existing ways of sensing, calculating, organizing, acting and delivering.вЂќВ He states that вЂњthe negative externalitiesвЂќ of the present global economy harm вЂњthe natural environment and vulnerable populations.вЂќ

Satya Nadella informs readers that Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Facebook, and IBM will cooperate in an AIВ partnershipВ that will work to develop and test the technology in fields such as вЂњautomobiles and healthcare, human-AI collaboration, economic displacement, and how AI can be used for social good.вЂќ All-Embracing Transformation In the foreword to SchwabвЂ™s latest book, Shaping the Future of the Fourth Industrial RevolutionВ ( 2018), the CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, states that the evolution of the new technologies вЂњis entirely within our power.вЂќВ Microsoft and the other high-tech companies вЂњare betting on the convergence of several important technology shifts-mixed reality, artificial intelligence and quantum computing.вЂќ The new technologies вЂњwill not stop at becoming part of the physical world around us-they will become part of us, Schwab declares. Transhumanism is part of the transformation that comes with the fourth Industrial Revolution, as artificial intelligenceВ (AI) will surpass even the best human performances at specific tasks. The fourth Industrial Revolution provides the potential вЂњto robotize humanity, and thus compromise our traditional sources of meaning-work, community, family, identity.вЂќВ Schwab predicts that the fourth Industrial Revolution will вЂњlift humanity into a new collective and moral consciousness.вЂќ Now, according to Klaus Schwab, the fourth Industrial Revolution means that the world is moving toward вЂњa true global civilization.вЂќ The third Industrial Revolution began around 1950 with the breakthroughs in digital technologies. It created a plethora of new consumer goods and production technologies that allowed mass production. The Second Industrial Revolution took place in the decades before and after 1900.

The Fourth Industrial RevolutionДЄccording to Klaus Schwab, the founder and current executive chairman of the WEF, the вЂњFourth Industrial RevolutionвЂќ (2016) represents a new stage of the disruptive technological advances that began towardВ the end of the eighteenthВ century with the textile industry and the use of steam power. In reality, however, these promises are deeply dystopian. Additionally, ecological sustainability and the promise of longevity or even immortality are used to entice the public.

Like the communism of the past, the new project appeals to the public with the assurance of technological advancement and social inclusion.

A new kind of collectivism is about to emerge. If one takes the publications of the World Economic Forum (WEF) as an indication of how the вЂњFourth Industrial RevolutionвЂќ will change society, the world is facing a massive onslaught against individual liberty and private property. Listen to the Audio Mises Wire version of this article.

Future technology civilization revolution