Transition to the new industrial society of the second generation: the general cultural aspect
The author considers the role of material production in the formation of human culture. Knowledge constitutes a basic resource in modern production. Thanks to its implementation in material production, humans are molded into social beings. The trend towards a qualitatively new level of knowledge intensity of production and its product allows for the conclusion that our civilization will inevitably transition to the NIS.2. Currently, civilizational development is experiencing a crisis caused, to a great extent, by the accelerated development of technosphere with public awareness lagging behind. The role of culture is critical in the formation of people’s understanding of their unsimulated wants. Technological development provides material foundation for the evolution of culture along with a healthy change in the technological progress. The author also discusses the issue of trust as a core problem of modern civilization. In order to increase the level of trust, it is necessary to create and widely implement technologies of trust, thus gradually changing the cultural code and developing the ability to practice self-restriction, which serves as the prerequisite for the formation of modern human needs when the quality of consumed goods comes to the fore. Thus, technological progress lays the foundation for the change in the cultural code of our civilization