“It is characterized by the fusion of technologies, which means the lines between the physical, the digital and the biological spheres are blurred,” says Klaus Schwab. The fourth industrial revolution has been building on the micro-electronic revolution ever since the mid-1970s. Again, we’re in the same shoes as Charlie Chaplin was in his movie “Modern Times.” Again, the ways we produce, work and live are changing and again, the rapid pace of transformation entails insecurity.
Today, we’re on the threshold of a new technological age. During the transition from an agricultural to an industrial society the lives of many people fundamentally changed. Progress is a long, steady flow – at least in retrospect, although the mechanical loom triggered a veritable revolution in the 19th century.
