Disruption by technology: impacts on politics, economics and society
Boucher, Philip ; Bentzen, Naja ; Lațici, Tania ; Madiega, Tambiama ; Schmertzing, Leopold ; Szczepański, Marcin
EP - Brussels
2020
23 p.
epidemic disease ; technology ; economic impact ; social impact
In-depth Analysis
Septembre 2020
European Union
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2020/652079/EPRS_IDA(2020)652079_EN.pdf
English
"Technological development has long been considered as a disruptive force, provoking change at many levels, from the routine daily activities of individuals to dramatic competition between global superpowers. This analysis examines disruption caused by technologies in a series of key areas of politics, economics and society. It focuses on seven fields: the economic system, the military and defence, democratic debates and the 'infosphere', social norms, values and identities, international relations, and the legal and regulatory system. It also presents surveillance as an example of how technological disruption across these domains can converge to propel other phenomena. The key disruptive force of 2020 is non-technological, namely coronavirus. The pandemic is used here as an opportunity to examine how technological disruption interacts with other forms of disruption."
Digital
ISBN (PDF) : 978-92-846-6958-5
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