Post-industrial society
Overview
Information society
The aim of the information society is to gain competitive advantage internationally through using IT in a creative and productive way. An information society is a society in which the creation, distribution, diffusion, use, integration and manipulation of information is a significant economic,...
, innovation, finance, and services.
As the term has been used, a few common themes (not limited to those below) have begun to emerge.
- The economy undergoes a transition from the production of goods to the provision of services.
- Knowledge becomes a valued form of capital (e.g., the knowledge produced through the Human Genome ProjectHuman Genome ProjectThe Human Genome Project is an international scientific research project with a primary goal of determining the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up DNA, and of identifying and mapping the approximately 20,000–25,000 genes of the human genome from both a physical and functional...
). - Producing ideas is the main way to grow the economy.
- Through processes of globalization and automation, the value and importance to the economy of blue-collarBlue-collar workerA blue-collar worker is a member of the working class who performs manual labor. Blue-collar work may involve skilled or unskilled, manufacturing, mining, construction, mechanical, maintenance, technical installation and many other types of physical work...
, unionized work, including manual labor (e.g., assembly-line work) decline, and those of professional workers (e.g.
