The Future

We are walking into an era where a dignified survival would solely depend on two dimensions of working—innovative technologies and innovative strategies. Alvin Toffler in his “The Future Shock” says,

Technology makes more technology possible, as we can see if we look for a moment at the process of innovation. Technological innovation consists of three stages, linked together into a self-reinforcing cycle. First, there is the creative, feasible idea. Second, it’s practical application. Third, it’s diffusion through society. The process is completed, the loop closed, when the diffusion of technology embodying the new idea, in turn, helps generate new creative ideas. Today there is evidence that the time between each of the steps in ...

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