Integrating the Characteristics of the New Coming Technological Age by a Meta-Study

Abstract

Human beings have passed through different technological ages, from the Agricultural Age to the Industrial Age to the Information Age. Now, a new paradigm is developing called the “Conceptual Age,” which is known as the last technological age. There are many studies about paradigm change; this article aims to integrate these studies and categorize their characteristics. One of the most famous studies on technology paradigm changing has been named the “Conceptual Age.” It has been divided into seven main categories. By using meta-study method, other related studies were collected and the results were added to the base study so that the main seven senses of Conceptual Age were expanded. An expanded and integrated framework of characteristics of a new coming technological age was written that could be used as the basis for any other research on this field.