Title: Technology, Globalization and Social Development
1Technology, Globalization and Social Development
- GE 301 Science, Technology and Society
- Ahmet S Ucer
2Program of this year
- Technology, Globalization and Social Development
(7 October 2008) - Knowledge Society and Human Wellbeing (21 October
2008) - Converging Technologies and Society (4 November
2008)
3Contents
- History
- New world order!
- Socio-economic system
- Globalization
- Innovation and creative destruction
- Globalization and Ethics
- Social development and globalization
- Conclusions
4History
- Hunting Gathering to Agricultural Revolution
(religion) 9000 years ago - First ethical values and religious believes
converge as city states start to form
GOOD ?
FAIR ?
RIGHT ?
5History
- The Renaissance (rebirth) 14th century - 17th
century. - intellectual consequence of renaissance reformist
movements Marten Luther (1517), - Protestant reformation,
- Secular thinking
6History
- Scientific Revolution, 1542, Copernicus
- Eventually resulted in Enlightenment. (French
Siècle des Lumières) Age of reason. Enlightenment
Philosophy was put forward in the 18 century
7History
- The first indications of industrial revolution
came with the French revolution in 1789, class
distinction - Why in Europe?
- Why started in Britain?
8History
- strengthen international ties
- Free movement of capital
- Multinational corporations set up several bases
around the world. - Information revolution (globalization)
- 100 years ago was not too different than today!
9The two mechanisms
- Soviet union collapsed in 1991 (end of cold war)
- Unprecedented leap of information and
communication technologies
10New world order!
- Struggle between ideologies is largely at an end
(Francis Fukuyama,1989, End of History) - New struggle is between cultures (Samuel
Huntington, 1993, Clash of Civilizations)
11The socio-economic system
- Traditional
- deriving engine
- competition for profit
- competition for Individual satisfaction
- New
- Tooled by ICT
- New productivity sources
- Organizational forms
- GLOBAL economy
12Globalization
- Multi-dimensional
- Political
- Economical
- Cultural
- Non-linear
13A Strategic tool (ICT)
- The entire planet is organized around
communication networks - Present day globalization builds on falling
communication costs - Previously it was depending on falling
transportation costs
14Innovation
- the process of making improvements by introducing
something new - Human resources
- System
15Creative destruction(J Schumpeter)
- 1942 Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
- The urge of innovation destroys existing
enterprises yielding new ones - What about entrepreneurs?
16The new society and productive source
- Information (knowledge) society - information
and knowledge - Industrial society - energy and raw material
- Agricultural society - Farming land
17Globalization and Ethics
- Adam Smiths invisible hand was relying on
honesty, thrust and respect. - Deregulation and neo-liberalism led to short term
vision and a lack of ethical standards - Personal to national to global ethics
- Global warming
- inviolability of national sovereignty
- WTO and trade
- Foreign Aid
David Singer
18Technology and Globalization Substitution and
Dematerialization
- Examples of Substitution and dematerialization
- Copper
- Oil
- Cane and sugar beat
R K Schaeffer, Globalization and Technology, Phi
Kappa Phi Forum http//www.findarticles.com/p/art
icles/mi_qa4026/is_200310/ai_n9316427
19http//www.imf.org/external/np/exr/ib/2000/041200.
htm
20http//www.imf.org/external/np/exr/ib/2000/041200.
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21Per capita GDP correct measure?
- GDP Inc. but standards of living Dec. due to
degraded environment - Cannot sustain development by borrowing
- GDP measures what is produced in the country. Not
the income of citizens
Joseph Stiglitz
Making Globalization Work Joseph E. Stiglitz ,
2006
22Social Development and Globalization
- Consumption and Production
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- Relationship of consumption
- Inequality
- Polarization
- Poverty
- Misery
23Social Development and Globalization
- Relationships of production (how people earn
money) - Globalization of job market
- Individualization of labor
- Over-exploitation
- Social exclusion
- income generation in the criminal economy
24Informational Capitalism and Social crises
- Flexibility and global reach
- Education quality
- Elimination of traditional agriculture -rural
exodus - Informal economic growth, welfare state come
under attack - The forth world
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25Conclusion(redefining social development)
- ICT should empower humankind to enhance
production - Educated labor force is the main source of
productivity - Educated labor need multidimensional improvement
in quality of life. - Welfare states, with less
- bureaucracy will be the
- source of productivity
26Conclusion
Social development
cultural development
innovation
economic development
institutional stability and trust
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27Conclusion
- THIS MODEL WILL REQUIRE
- Massive technological upgrading of countries
- Dramatic investment in the education system
- Worldwide network of science and technology
NEEDS SCIENTIFIC THINKING , THE USE OF HUMAN
INTELLECT and GLOBAL ETHICS