21st Century Technologies [electronic resource]: Promises and Perils of a Dynamic Future / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Content Provider.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science and Technology.

Economics.

Technological forecasting--Forecasts--Congresses.

Technological forecasting.

Twenty-first century--Social aspects--Congresses.

Twenty-first century.

Technology--Congresses.

Technology.

Local Subjects:

Science and Technology.

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p. ) ill..

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The next few decades hold the prospect of remarkable progress in a wide range of pervasive technologies that are likely to have a profound effect on how we live, work, and spend our leisure time. These technologies are set to revolutionise the worlds of medicine, agriculture, travel, retailing...so much that is familiar in our daily lives. Used wisely, they could be of huge benefit to mankind. Used wrongly, they could mean lost opportunities and unnecessary risks. The challenge for society is immense. What would be the cost of failure to embrace dynamic change? What kind of ethical dilemmas will arise from further breakthroughs in genetic engineering? Will the spread of new technologies create new social divisions? What sort of societies will prove most adept at harnessing the vast technological potential? How can countries best co-operate to maximise the benefits of spillovers? This book reviews the extraordinary promise of technological advances over the next twenty years or so, and assesses some of the key issues -- economic, social, environmental, ethical -- that decision-makers in government, business and society will face in the decades ahead.

Contents:

The Promises and Perils of 21st Century Technology: An Overview of the Issues by Riel Miller, Wolfgang Michalski and Barrie Stevens

The Next Twenty-five Years of Technology: Opportunities and Risks by Joseph Coates

Faster, Connected, Smarter by Hervé Gallaire

Biotechnology for the 21st Century by Werner Arber and Mathis Brauchbar

Technological Development and Organisational Change: Differing Patterns of Innovation by Meinolf Dierkes, Jeanette Hofmann and Lutz Marz

Enabling Macro Conditions for Realising Technology's Potential by Emilio Fontela

Global Possibilities: Technology and Planet-wide Challenges by Luc Soete

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-280-03398-3

9786610033980

92-64-16353-0

OCLC:

1024274050