Summary AI-generated
- TL;DR
- This chapter introduces the Red Queen effect, the concept that accelerating technological progress forces all systems to continuously evolve to avoid obsolescence.
- Problem
- As technology develops at an ever-increasing pace—spanning digital computers, cellular phones, DNA sequencing, and genetic engineering—future decades will bring unprecedented economic and social realities.
- Method
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- Results
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- Contributions
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- Limitations
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- Takeaways
- The convergence of computer technology and biotechnology will drive societal changes that make recent technological developments look slow by comparison.
- Applications
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- Topics
- Technology development; Red Queen effect; Computer technology; Biotechnology
- For industry
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- Why it matters
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Abstract
This chapter introduces the idea that technology, invented millennia ago, is developing at an even increasing pace, creating the need for all systems to develop to avoid becoming obsolete. This is called the Red Queen effect. The current generation has seen the appearance and rapid development of many new technologies, from digital computers and cellular phones, to DNA sequencing and genetic engineering. However, the next decades will witness an even faster technological development, leading to the appearance of economic and social realities that we cannot even dream of. Computer technology and biotechnology will come together to create changes in society that will make the last decades look like slow-paced, in what respects technology development.