Global Technological Change : From Hard Technology to Soft Technology

problems we are facing in the 21st Century can only be solved by a balance between 'yin-yang' environment, between hard technology (machine-centred) and soft technology (human-centred). This concept is invaluable as it conveys a new perspective of the assumptions about the relationships between technological innovation, institutional innovation as well as of the gap between the developed and developing countries at the turn of the millennium.(Karamjit S Gill, Editor, AI Society: Journal of Human-Centred Systems) [Publisher's text]

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