What’s wrong with the Fourth Industrial Revolution
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The “Fourth Industrial Revolution” is a term coined in 2016 by German economist Klaus Schwab. It’s used to describe the technology revolution that the world is going through. But there is growing criticism, particularly in the global south, of how it’s framed. Many are questioning whether it should be considered a revolution at all.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, according to one view, is a very simplistic narrative that advances a distinct political agenda. It is a kind of exploitation that is being sold as progress. The narrative is being advanced to achieve a specific economic outcome – at the expense of many people in the global south.
Many innovations are happening in the digital technological space. But do they reorganise production and social relations, or do they just entrench past forms of inequality?
The first article was published in the Conversation. Read the full article