The Evolutionary Challenge for Technology

Author: Laszlo A.

Source: World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution, Volume 59, Number 8, December 2003 , pp. 639-645(7)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

The evolutionary challenge for technology in the third millennium is one of designing the vehicles for sustainable human and societal development in partnership with earth. The challenge calls for the conscious creation of evolutionary systems-not through the "hard technologies" that shape and mold the physical infrastructure of our planet, but through "soft technologies" that augment creative and constructive processes of human interaction. Through them, humanity has the opportunity to create the conditions for the emergence of a true learning society at both regional and global levels. The meaning of key terms such as evolution, technology, and development must be explored if we are to create a shared understanding of the contemporary survival challenges faced by humanity. This paper explores both the promise and the threat faced by a techno-civilization such as is emerging on our planet in the early twenty-first century.

Keywords: Technology, Evolutionary Development, Evolutionary

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: EGADE, Tecnol—gico de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico and Syntony Quest, USA

Publication date: 2003-12-01