Cybernetic Revolution and Global Aging: Humankind on the Way to Cybernetic Society, or the Next Hundred Years [Hardcover]

This book explores the global technological transformations that have shaped development of society for eons, from the emergence of Homo sapiens to the modern day. Looking at a potential future for all of this century and the beginning of the next, the book explores how society is changing as a result of the two most powerful trends: technological advances and global aging. It studies the forthcoming technological wave  the Cybernetic Revolution, which will encompass AI, medical technology and biotechnology, robotics, cognitive, nanotechnology etc. In turn, it shows why and how global aging will become one of the most powerful factors, influencing the evolution of society and the World System as a whole. Lastly, the book demonstrates how technological innovations can change the way people live and the society of the future, assessing both the new opportunities and threats posed by uncontrolled technological progress. Accordingly, it will appeal to social scientists, political scientists, economists and historians who are interested in technological transformations and their social and economic impacts.

Chapter 1. Introduction. Between Human and Post-Human Revolutions, or What Future is Awaiting Us?.- Part I. Technological Transformations in the Past, Present and Future.- Chapter 2. Global Technological Transformations since the Stone Age: Theory and History.- Chapter 3. Cybernetic Revolution, its Characteristics, and Self-Managing Systems.- Chapter 4. Cybernetic Revolution and MANBRIC-Technologies. When, How and Where will the Forthcoming Breakthrough Start?.- Part II. Demographic Transformations and Global Aging.- Chapter 5. Demographic Transformations in the Historical Process.- Chapter 6. Global Aging and Other Demographic Trends within Cybernetic Production Principle.- Chapter 7. Global Aging, AdaplS