This chapter presents a reflection on the role of technology in the era of knowledge civilization. Diverse perceptions of this era, the concepts of three civilization eras vs. three waves, of a conceptual platform vs. an episteme of a civilization era, of the major changes at the end of industrial civilization era are recalled. The deepening separation of the three spheres of technology, hard science, and social science/humanities is discussed. Upon reflection, it is shown that this separation results from the widely diverging episteme of these three cultural spheres. The contemporary philosophy of technology is briefly reviewed; it is shown that some of its writings disregard the opinions of technologists even when it comes to defining technology. The danger of misunderstandings resulting from such diverging opinions is stressed.
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Wierzbicki, A.P. (2007). Technology and Change: The Role of Technol ogy in the Knowledge Civilization Era. In: Wierzbicki, A.P., Nakamori, Y. (eds) Creative Environments. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 59. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71562-7_16
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