Scientific revolution, industrial revolution, technological revolution or revolutionary technology? A rejoinder to Marwala and Ntlatlapa (S Afr J Sci. 2023;119(1/2))

Education and the Scientific and Technological Revolution

T h e paradox we are facing is this — the trad itiona l system of education takes 12-20 years to p repare people for life, th a t being th e usual tim e span accepted today, and this p repara tion has actually to equ ip people for life fifty or m ore years ahead, because their active lives will last th a t long; b u t the m ethods we use corre­ spond to today’s and no t to the fu tu re stage of...

Launching a Technology Revolution

Despite the huge technological transformation of the global economy in the 20th Century, stabilization of greenhouse gas emissions will require a comparable revolutionary technological change in the 21st Century. While projections of future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions show large increases in the coming century, the scenarios that underpin these projections already include major improvements ...

The New Industrial Revolution

The New Industrial Revolution

This article outlines a new framework for understanding the current period of global restructuring, focusing on the relationship between technological change and organizational change. After reviewing the major approaches in the debate over future pathways to industrialization, a new perspective for understanding the ‘new industrial revolution’ is presented. At the core of this revolution is th...

The British Industrial Revolution