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  2. World problems
  3. Fast and irregular pace of technological advance

Fast and irregular pace of technological advance

Nature

Technological change has been extremely rapid in certain sectors and some of these, such as communications, have a broad impact on economic activity.

Claim

Science and technology are progressing in every field at an extremely fast pace. 90 percent of engineers who have ever lived in the world are living and working today.

Broader

Technological revolution
Presentable
Increasing pace of life
Yet to rate

Narrower

Fast fashion
Excellent
Unbalanced application of communications technology
Presentable
Inability of educational systems to keep pace with technological advancement
Presentable

Aggravates

Unintended consequences of technology
Presentable
Fragmentation of technological development
Unpresentable
Dysfunctional adaptation to technological advance
Yet to rate
Adverse consequences of scientific and technological progress
Yet to rate

Related

Decreasing rate of development of major agriculture technologies
Unpresentable

Strategy

Managing technological change
Yet to rate

Value

Unregulated
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Technology » Technology
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E7898
    DOCID
    11578980
    D7NID
    163951
    Last update
    May 19, 2022