Collective Awareness Platforms: Engines for Sustainability and Ethics

被引：45

作者：

Sestini, Fabrizio ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] European Commiss, Directorate Gen Commun Networks Content & Technol, Brussels, Belgium

来源：

IEEE TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY MAGAZINE | 2012年 / 31卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1109/MTS.2012.2225457

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

The world's wealth, as measured by GDP, has been steadily growing for the last 100 years or so. But today there is more and more evidence of crisis in our world, in all areas: finance, environment, society. The causes are related to the lack of sustainability of our current model for growth and development. Simply put, the natural resources of this planet (Fig. 1) cannot sustain a population of 7+ billion people, on the basis of current modes of living. Infinite and unsustainable growth (economic as well as demographic), which often has been sought to boost the power and near-term prosperity of nations, is now at the root of the multi-faceted crisis of our 'knowledge society.' Is there a way to turn this weakness back into an opportunity? © 2012 IEEE.

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