technological progress
11Technological evolution — is the name of a science and technology studies theory describing technology development, developed by Czech philosopher Radovan Richta. Theory of technological evolution According to Richta and later Bloomfield [Bloomfield, Masse. Mankind in… …
12Progress and Poverty — was written by Henry George in 1879. The book is a treatise on the cyclical nature of an industrial economy and its remedies. ContextThe book basically seeks to explain why poverty is virtually unknown in primitive societies but widespread… …
13technological — [tek΄nə läj′i kəl] adj. 1. of or having to do with technology 2. due to developments in technology; resulting from technical progress in the use of machinery and automation in industry, agriculture, etc. [technological productivity, technological …
14progress — pro|gress1 W2S2 [ˈprəugres US ˈpra: ] n [U] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of progredi to go forward ] 1.) the process of getting better at doing something, or getting closer to finishing or achieving something ▪ I m afraid… …
15Progress (history) — In history, progress is the idea of an advance that occurs within the limits of mankind s collective morality and knowledge of its respective environment. Progress is not necessarily a monotonically increasing advance. The idea of eternal… …
16Progress trap — A progress trap is the condition societies experience when, in pursuing progress, human ingenuity inadvertently introduces problems that the society does not have the resources to solve, preventing further progress. Social collapse is often the… …
17Progress and Freedom Foundation — Infobox Institute name= Progress Freedom Foundation caption= established=1993 chairman= George A. (Jay) Keyworth II, Ph.D. head label= President head=W. Kenneth Ferree faculty= 6 staff= 6 budget= endowment = debt= location= Washington, D.C.… …
18technological — adj. Technological is used with these nouns: ↑achievement, ↑advance, ↑advancement, ↑advantage, ↑breakthrough, ↑capability, ↑challenge, ↑change, ↑development, ↑edge, ↑evolution, ↑ …
19technological determinism — A theory of social change , characteristically one of evolutionary progress or development, in which productive technique obeys a logic or trajectory of its own; and, in the process, acts as the principal determinant of institutions and social… …
20Social progress — is defined as the changing of society toward the ideal. The concept of social progress was introduced in the early, 19th century social theories, especially those of social evolutionists like August Comte and Herbert Spencer. It was present in… …
