The social design of technology transfer into the sustainable development domain

摘要

We are meeting at the beginning of the new century. In doing so, we need to face up to the incredible potential ahead of us, while also redressing the serious crisis handed over to us from the last century. According to Steven Pinker, a professor of psychology, at MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences: "People living at the start of the third millennium enjoy a world that would have been inconceivable to our ancestors living in the 100 millennia that our species has existed. Ignorance and myth have given way to an extraordinarily detailed understanding of life, matter and the universe. Slavery, despotism, blood feuds and patriarchy have vanished from vast expanses of the planet, driven out by unprecedented concepts of universal human rights and the rule of law. Technology has shrunk the globe and stretched our lives and our minds".