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Technology as an Enabler of Sustainable Well-Being in the Modern Society

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Technology as an Enabler of Sustainable Well-Being in the Modern Society

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Technologies’ opportunities can transform into threats if society does not adapt.

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Technological development and sociocultural changes are intertwined, but policies and regulations can limit the usefulness of new technologies. In this well-structured and comprehensive discussion, serial entrepreneur and futurist Risto Linturi suggests that a society’s inability to adapt quickly can turn technology’s opportunities into threats. getAbstract recommends this article to anyone interested in how technology affects society, and vice versa.

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Emerging technologies offer opportunities that can transform into threats if society doesn’t adapt and help individuals keep up. Ten rapidly developing, technological areas create opportunities (and risks) for society: 1) “Virtualization and digitization” allow people to work from anywhere, but require significant structural changes; 2) “artificial intelligence” will lead to more efficient processes as well as job losses; 3) the “instrumentation of everything” will enable people to analyze food, DNA, and more with laboratory accuracy, but will lead to privacy issues; 4) “robotized transport and logistics” will make public...

About the Author

Risto Linturi is a serial entrepeneur, a futurist and the chairman of the Finnish consulting company Sovelto.  

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