Genesis of noonomy: scientific and technological progress, diffusion of ownership, socialization of society, solidarism

Abstract

The author emphasizes the critical nature of technological transformations for shaping the future of the human civilization. His analysis focuses on changes in the economy and society, on engineering a vision of the future order (economic and social) and developing tools for the transition to a fair and reasonable living arrangement. The article considers causes of the global systemic crisis and emphasizes that the economic model of societal development which is based on the paradigm of market, ownership and priority role of profit has exhausted itself. The author considers the following alternative: the strategy for transitioning to a qualitatively new state of society – to the noonomy through the new industrial society of the second generation. Four resultant vectors bear fundamental importance for the noo-transition: (1) scientific and technological progress, (2) diffusion of ownership, (3) socialization of society and the development of human noo-qualities, (4) solidarity.