Scientific and technological revolution: the pros and cons

The scientific and technical revolution began in the middle of the twentieth century. This was a rapid leap that the world science accomplished, and after it the technology, radically changing the productive forces that existed before in society. For 20 years, the NTR economy of most developed countries has increased several times, which gave rise to the growth of the scientific and technological revolution in scientific and technological progress.

The scientific and technical revolution is accomplished in close interaction of the scientific environment with the technical one, which leads to the development and improvement of technologies, as a result of which the productivity of labor is growing and new methods of managing economic processes are emerging. This process in any country has its own characteristics, conditioned by common features, on which it is necessary to dwell in more detail.

So, the most important common features that the scientific and technological revolution possesses are as follows:

1. Science is transformed into a direct productive force, the number of scientific research is increasing, to which countries spend huge material resources. High-tech processes require relevant specialists who are purposefully trained in new education systems.
2. Widely used computers, information and innovative technologies, the old are intensified and new sources and types of energy are being discovered. In this regard, the requirements for the upgrading of the skills of the labor force and the increase in the efficiency of their work are growing.
3. Scientific and technological revolution leads to a sharp increase in the share of industry, there is industrialization of agriculture. A special place in the economy of countries is occupied by extracting and processing industries, as well as machine building, chemical industry and electric power.
4. A special place during the scientific and technological revolution is given to management as the art of personnel management in modern manufacturing enterprises.

The scientific and technological revolution in the USSR also began in the 1950s. In a short time, the following scientific institutions were organized and started operating: Institute of High Pressures, Semiconductors, Computers, Nuclear Research. Expenditure on science has grown more than 10-fold, and the number of scientists has increased 6-fold.

Urgently, new machines and technologies were mastered. Railway transport was transferred to electric traction, the first nuclear power plants were built. The nuclear icebreaker "Lenin" was launched on a voyage, the world's first artificial earth satellite was sent into space . The real victory was flying into space the first man.

However, due to certain circumstances, soon the scientific and technological revolution in the USSR began to lag behind in the pace from the West. The workers continued to work by hand, which enabled the Soviet Union to proudly state the absence of unemployment. At the time, few people thought about the damage to the economy.

The scientific and technological revolution and medicine are also among themselves in a contradictory interaction. On the one hand, there are new opportunities for applying medical knowledge in previously unexplored areas of human health. There is a narrowing of medical specialization, using a qualitatively new technique. All this has the most positive impact on the achievements of all areas of medical direction. And on the other hand, the scientific and technological revolution and medicine together cause new problems that aggravate old, unresolved issues. Narrow specialization leads to red tape during the examination of patients, the relationship between the patient and the doctor is lost. There is a substitution of live communication mechanical.

Thus, we see that the scientific and technological revolution, like any other phenomenon, has its pluses and its negative aspects. Regardless of this, it is considered a progressive phenomenon.