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Fourth Industrial Revolution: What is it all about?

A collection of DTE articles on the ongoing use of technologies to blur the boundaries between the digital, physical and biological worlds

DTE Staff

Fourth industrial revolution: World Economic Forum advocates it; others fear corporate takeover; who is right


Technology can never exist in isolation; it has to exist within social realities, say critics of 4IR
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Fourth industrial revolution: ‘4IR is not real’


The current innovation cycle is not new. It was formulated in the 1980s if not before
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Fourth industrial revolution: ‘4IR critical for India’


India has a well thought out ecosystem of data and a young population that can be skilled for the new technologies
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Fourth industrial revolution: ‘4IR alone not a solution’


Technology can deny work to a population or it can liberate them. Outcome depends on how we organise technology use
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