Open AccessTHE PHENOMENON OF INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
vìsnik harkìvsʹkogo nacìonalʹnogo unìversitetu ìmenì v.n. karazìna. serìâ fìlosofìâ, fìlosofsʹkì peripetìï
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2414-5904
pISSN - 2226-0994
DOI - 10.26565/2226-0994-2017-56-8
Subject(s) - phenomenon , industrial revolution , conscience , business , artificial intelligence , engineering ethics , economic system , market economy , sociology , political science , economics , engineering , computer science , law , epistemology , philosophy
This article represents an investigation of industrial revolution phenomenon. Author described reasons and after-effects of first three revolutions. Each of them radically changed life and self-conscience of people. Special attention is given to fourth revolution which takes place right now, in the first half of XXI century and characterized by success in robotics, which drastically change the organization of labor market, development of additive manufacturing, designed to reduce the cost of goods, ubiquitous use of blockchain technology, allowing exchange without intermediates, progress in bioengineering and synthetic biology which in the future will lead to artificially grow human organs. There listed reasons why this revolution may be the most deep and fundamental with respect to human’s culture changes.