Salvation in Technological Progress?

Grzegorz W. Kolodko
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Grzegorz W. Kolodko: Kozminski University

Chapter 11 in Whither the World: The Political Economy of the Future, 2014, pp 318-336 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Nothing will save us if we don’t save ourselves. Yet there is something that can help us a lot in that endeavor: scientific and technological progress. This is already the Ninth Great Issue for the Future. And although one of the most popular old sayings tells us that necessity is the mother of invention, we shouldn’t be fooled by the misconceived notion of technological determinism, no matter how many inventions and innovations there are. We can expect a lot from the scientific and technological progress, but not too much. Also in this case, moderation makes the best advisor.

Keywords: Political Economy; Technological Progress; Industrial Revolution; Early 21st Century; Technological Determinism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137470256_4

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