Technological progress: prerequisite and result of the socio-humanitarian direction of economic development

Abstract

The decisive role of scientific and technological progress in shaping economic, social and cultural vectors of development of the scientific and technological progress is shown, many features of which are formed under the reverse influence of socio-economic relations and other spheres of social life and public consciousness, the noo-factors. The theory in development by the author of the New industrial society of the second generation and transformation towards a qualitatively new, post-economic state of society – a noosocial structure based on the paradigm of nooindustrial production and the nootype of satisfying the wants of people, can serve as a suitable key to understanding these patterns. There are four main aspects of progress in this direction - scientific and technological progress, socialization, solidarism and diffusion of ownership. It is emphasized that these issues can and should be solved within the framework of coordinated development of production, science and education, using not only market but also planned methods.