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The third world countries have been going through ups and downs of history due to their weak political structure. In the rapid changing world the state affairs are controlled by technology,therefore, the existence and survival of the third world countries is also threatened because these countries are unaware of the zeitgeist of the contemporary age and hence they do not have a clear futuristic vision. Tribal or agrarian culture still prevails in these underdeveloped countries instead of a techno-creative culture.
In the past countries and territories were conquered using the force of what has been termed as “Asabiyah” [translated as “Group Mind” in English] by Ibne Khaldoon in his world renowned “Prolegomena to the History of Barbars”. The resulting tribal societal nomenclature has been the oldest but primitive integrating force of human society and has been the major force behind the conquering of lands and countries in the past. It is due to this reason that the Greeks of the Hellenic period, the barbars of North Africa, the Aryans (present day Afghans/Pashtuns) ,the Mongols of Central Asia and the Arabs of Arabian Peninsula conquered various lands and countries. However with the fall of the tribal chief, these dynasties and empires got disintegrated due to their internal feuds and fights among the descendants of the tribal chief or monarch and could not pass the test of time.
With the advancement of science and technology, however, the conquering nations and groups gradually lost their political freedom and autonomy to those who got lead in the warfare technology. The traditional rulers of the conquered lands were replaced by Europeans due to their advancement in science and technology. British, French and Portuguese came into power and established their empires. Even today those nations which have superior technology dictate the affairs of the world in one way or another.
It is a fact that throughout the course of human history, the creation and innovation of technology has been playing the most important role in deciding the fate of nations. If a nation has the ability to serve technology by investing the intellectual energies of its brightest brains in the research and development to create new technology then the nation is destined to get an edge in the helm of socio-politico-economic affairs of the world.
Technology gives birth to its own culture, values, politics, social norms and economic systems. The agrarian technology has its own culture revolving around the ownership and cultivation of land. The values and norms based on capital, machinery and labour in an industrialised society are completely different from that of agrarian culture. With the advent of Information and telecommunication technology the whole economic structure has transformed as even teen agers telecommuting from their homes can turn into entrepreneurs.
Mobile and cellular technology is transforming the machinery associated with information technology into pocket size gadgets capable of communicating with the world, giving up-to-date information to its users as well as assisting in running businesses and performing job tasks via user friendly interfaces. The introduction of 3G technology has made it possible to view television and access internet via mobile phone.
The revolution in genetic engineering has given birth to cloning technology which would eliminate the compulsion of inheriting hereditary diseases. Advanced medical diagnostic techniques like MRI, CT scanning, organ transplants and laser technology have the ability to detect and cure those diseases which were considered fatal in the past.
Space technology is being used to search new possibilities of establishing colonies in space and other planets. The concept of global village which is confined to planet earth is transforming into a solar or galactic village in which humans living on different planets would be able to interact and communicate.
It is a fact that with the discovery of science and advancement of technology human history has been evolving and changing the tribal cultures in central Africa, Latin America, Southern Australia and Afghanistan. The nation states based on territorial nationalism are getting threatened by mass awareness due to mass media technology. Regional economic unions like European Union, SAARC etc are getting formed to challenge the capitalist market monopolies. Internationalism is being interpreted as a focus on a nation's political interests in the world community. Globalism is evolving due to the media awareness. Global issues common to humanity at large like poverty,peace,pollution and population [the 4 P's] are being raised by global activists to put constant pressure on the governments of first and second world.
The progress and advancement of technology in various sectors is predicting an age of globalism and universalism which will be based on a techno-heuristic view of life - a view of life in which the only basis and benchmark of human behaviour would be Technology.
It is therefore mandatory for the political leaders and intelligentsia of every nation to guide their people and help them evolve to the next stage of their collective evolution by taking correct and required decisions on socio-politico-economic fronts so that their nations get mentally prepared for the advent of the next stage of human evolution – the Techno-heuristic age.
In the past countries and territories were conquered using the force of what has been termed as “Asabiyah” [translated as “Group Mind” in English] by Ibne Khaldoon in his world renowned “Prolegomena to the History of Barbars”. The resulting tribal societal nomenclature has been the oldest but primitive integrating force of human society and has been the major force behind the conquering of lands and countries in the past. It is due to this reason that the Greeks of the Hellenic period, the barbars of North Africa, the Aryans (present day Afghans/Pashtuns) ,the Mongols of Central Asia and the Arabs of Arabian Peninsula conquered various lands and countries. However with the fall of the tribal chief, these dynasties and empires got disintegrated due to their internal feuds and fights among the descendants of the tribal chief or monarch and could not pass the test of time.
With the advancement of science and technology, however, the conquering nations and groups gradually lost their political freedom and autonomy to those who got lead in the warfare technology. The traditional rulers of the conquered lands were replaced by Europeans due to their advancement in science and technology. British, French and Portuguese came into power and established their empires. Even today those nations which have superior technology dictate the affairs of the world in one way or another.
It is a fact that throughout the course of human history, the creation and innovation of technology has been playing the most important role in deciding the fate of nations. If a nation has the ability to serve technology by investing the intellectual energies of its brightest brains in the research and development to create new technology then the nation is destined to get an edge in the helm of socio-politico-economic affairs of the world.
Technology gives birth to its own culture, values, politics, social norms and economic systems. The agrarian technology has its own culture revolving around the ownership and cultivation of land. The values and norms based on capital, machinery and labour in an industrialised society are completely different from that of agrarian culture. With the advent of Information and telecommunication technology the whole economic structure has transformed as even teen agers telecommuting from their homes can turn into entrepreneurs.
Mobile and cellular technology is transforming the machinery associated with information technology into pocket size gadgets capable of communicating with the world, giving up-to-date information to its users as well as assisting in running businesses and performing job tasks via user friendly interfaces. The introduction of 3G technology has made it possible to view television and access internet via mobile phone.
The revolution in genetic engineering has given birth to cloning technology which would eliminate the compulsion of inheriting hereditary diseases. Advanced medical diagnostic techniques like MRI, CT scanning, organ transplants and laser technology have the ability to detect and cure those diseases which were considered fatal in the past.
Space technology is being used to search new possibilities of establishing colonies in space and other planets. The concept of global village which is confined to planet earth is transforming into a solar or galactic village in which humans living on different planets would be able to interact and communicate.
It is a fact that with the discovery of science and advancement of technology human history has been evolving and changing the tribal cultures in central Africa, Latin America, Southern Australia and Afghanistan. The nation states based on territorial nationalism are getting threatened by mass awareness due to mass media technology. Regional economic unions like European Union, SAARC etc are getting formed to challenge the capitalist market monopolies. Internationalism is being interpreted as a focus on a nation's political interests in the world community. Globalism is evolving due to the media awareness. Global issues common to humanity at large like poverty,peace,pollution and population [the 4 P's] are being raised by global activists to put constant pressure on the governments of first and second world.
The progress and advancement of technology in various sectors is predicting an age of globalism and universalism which will be based on a techno-heuristic view of life - a view of life in which the only basis and benchmark of human behaviour would be Technology.
It is therefore mandatory for the political leaders and intelligentsia of every nation to guide their people and help them evolve to the next stage of their collective evolution by taking correct and required decisions on socio-politico-economic fronts so that their nations get mentally prepared for the advent of the next stage of human evolution – the Techno-heuristic age.
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