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'''Technological evolution''' as an [[innovation]]- and [[technology]]-related [[theory]] describes technology development. The [[Czechs|Czech]] philosopher [[Radovan Richta]] (1924–1983) originated the theory. |
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'''Technological evolution''' is an [[innovation]]- and [[technology]]-related [[theory]] that describes the radical transformation of society through technological development. This theory originated with [[Czechs|Czech]] philosopher [[Radovan Richta]] (1924{{ndash}}1983).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Böhme|first1=Gernot|last2=Stehr|first2=Nico|title=The Knowledge Society: The Growing Impact of Scientific Knowledge on Social Relations|date=2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9789400947245|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3mdDBAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA5&dq=radovan%20richta%20describes%20the%20radical%20transformation%20of%20society%20through%20technological%20development&pg=PA5|accessdate=27 March 2017|language=en}}</ref> |
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==Theory of technological evolution== |
==Theory of technological evolution== |
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''[[Mankind in Transition|Mankind In Transition]]; A View of the Distant Past, the Present and the Far Future'', Masefield Books, 1993.<ref>Bloomfield, |
''[[Mankind in Transition|Mankind In Transition]]; A View of the Distant Past, the Present and the Far Future'', Masefield Books, 1993.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bloomfield|first1=Masse|title=The Automated Society; A View of the Distant Past, the Present and the Far Future|date=1993|publisher=Masefield Books|isbn=1879981025|url=http://massebloomfield.com/books/the-automated-society/|accessdate=29 March 2017|language=en}}</ref> [[Technology]] (which Richta defines as "a material entity created by the application of mental and physical effort to nature in order to achieve some value") evolves in three stages: tools, machine, automation. This evolution, he says, follows two trends: |
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===Development=== |
===Development=== |
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* [[History of technology]] |
* [[History of technology]] |
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* [[Kardashev scale]] |
* [[Kardashev scale]] |
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* [[Mankind in transition]] |
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* [[Social progress]] |
* [[Social progress]] |
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* [[Sociocultural evolution]] |
* [[Sociocultural evolution]] |
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* [[Technological singularity]] |
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* [[Technological revolution]] |
* [[Technological revolution]] |
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* [[Technological singularity]] |
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* [[The Automated Society]] (book) |
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* [[Theories of technology]] |
* [[Theories of technology]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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{{Technology}} |
{{Technology}} |
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[[Category:Technology in society]] |
[[Category:Technology in society|Evolution]] |