Technological Evolution Time Period

A Technological Evolution Time Period is an evolution time period that involves progressive development of technology (through technological innovation, technology diffusion, and technological adaptation over time).

• AKA: Tech Evolution Era, Technological Progress Period, Technical Evolution Era, Tech Change Timeframe, Technological Development Era, Innovation Evolution Period, Technical Advancement Phase.
• Context:
  • It can typically drive Innovation Cycles through technological invention processes.
  • It can typically transform Industry Structures through technological disruptive changes.
  • It can typically reshape Work Processes through technological automation adoption.
  • It can typically advance Social Progress through technological capabilitys.
  • It can typically enable Technology Advancement through technological research development.
  • It can typically foster Technical Innovation through technological knowledge accumulation.
  • It can typically enhance System Capabilitys through technological integration.
  • It can typically accelerate Development Cycles through technological parallel innovation.
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  • It can often manifest as Technological Capital-Augmenting Time Period through technological productivity enhancement.
  • It can often appear as Technological Labor-Augmenting Time Period through technological workforce efficiency.
  • It can often emerge as Technological Neutral Economic Augmenting Time Period through technological balanced improvement.
  • It can often accelerate Technology Integration through technological system convergence.
  • It can often catalyze Technological Knowledge Development through technological information sharing.
  • It can often facilitate Technological Cross-Domain Innovation through technological transfer.
  • It can often promote Technological Convergence through technological platform integration.
  • It can often stimulate Market Competition through technological innovation pressure.
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  • It can range from being an Incremental Technological Evolution Time Period to being a Transformative Technological Revolution Time Period, depending on its technological change impact.
  • It can range from being a Linear Technological Evolution Time Period to being an Exponential Technological Evolution Time Period, depending on its technological growth rate.
  • It can range from being a Sustaining Technological Change Time Period to being a Disruptive Technological Change Time Period, depending on its technological market effect.
  • It can range from being a Specialized Technology Evolution Time Period to being a General Purpose Technology Evolution Time Period, depending on its technological application scope.
  • It can range from being a Local Technology Change Time Period to being a Global Technology Change Time Period, depending on its technological diffusion reach.
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  • It can be influenced by Market Demands for technological commercial solutions.
  • It can be shaped by Regulatory Changes for technological compliance requirements.
  • It can be driven by Scientific Advances for technological capabilitys.
  • It can interact with Economic Systems for technological market development.
  • It can shape Social Structures through technological diffusion.
  • It can affect Environmental Systems through technological resource utilization.
  • It can transform Business Models through technological digital transformation.
  • It can impact Education Systems through technological skill requirements.
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• Examples:
  • Industrial Technological Revolution Time Periods, such as:
    • First Industrial Technological Revolution Time Period (1760 to 1840) through steam power technological innovation and mechanization technological advancement.
    • Second Industrial Technological Revolution Time Period (1870 to 1914) through electricity technological innovation and mass production technological advancement.
    • Third Industrial Technological Revolution Time Period (1950 to 2000) through digital technological innovation and automation technological advancement.
    • Fourth Industrial Technological Revolution Time Period (2000 to Present) through cyber-physical technological systems.
  • Computing Technological Evolution Time Periods, such as:
    • Processing Technological Evolution Time Periods, such as:
      • CPU Technological Evolution Time Period (1971 to Present) from vacuum tube technological components to quantum computing technological architecture.
      • Memory Technological Evolution Time Period (1950 to Present) from magnetic core technological storage to solid-state technological storage.
      • GPU Technological Evolution Time Period (1981 to Present) from graphics accelerator technological components to AI technological processors.
    • Software Technological Evolution Time Periods, such as:
      • Programming Language Technological Evolution Time Period (1940 to Present) from machine code technological language to AI coding technological system.
      • Operating System Technological Evolution Time Period (1950 to Present) from batch processing technological system to distributed computing technological architecture.
      • Database Technological Evolution Time Period (1960 to Present) from file system technological structure to quantum database technological architecture.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Natural Evolution Time Periods, which occur through biological adaptation rather than technological innovation.
  • Cultural Evolution Time Periods, which develop through social processes rather than technological advancement.
  • Scientific Method Development Time Periods, which are research methodologies rather than technological change time periods.
  • Market Evolution Time Periods, which emerge from economic forces rather than technological development.
  • Organizational Evolution Time Periods, which transform through institutional changes rather than technological progress.
• See: Moore's Law, Technological Unemployment, Technological Era, Innovation Diffusion, Technology Adoption Life Cycle, Technology Transfer, Disruptive Innovation, Technical Progress, Digital Transformation, Innovation System, Technological Convergence, Path Dependency, Network Effect, Technology Roadmap, Innovation Ecosystem.

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References

2013

• (Wikipedia, 2013) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_change#change Retrieved:2013-11-30.
  • Technological change (TC) is a term that is used to describe the overall process of invention, innovation and diffusion of technology or processes. The term is synonymous with technological development, technological achievement, and technological progress. In essence TC is the invention of a technology (or a process), the continuous process of improving a technology (in which it often becomes cheaper) and its diffusion throughout industry or society. In short, technological change is based on both better and more technology.

2010

• (Acemoglu & Autor, 2010) ⇒ Daron Acemoglu, and David Autor. (2010). "Skills, Tasks and Technologies: Implications for Employment and Earnings." In: The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER 2010).
  • QUOTE: ... the interactions among worker skills, job tasks, evolving technologies, and shifting trading opportunities. We propose a tractable task-based model in which the assignment of skills to tasks is endogenous and technical change may involve the substitution of machines for certain tasks previously performed by labor. We further consider how the evolution of technology in this task-based setting may be endogenized. We show how such a framework can be used to interpret several central recent trends, and we also suggest further directions for empirical exploration.

2003

• (Levy et al., 2003) ⇒ David H. Autor, Frank Levy, and Richard J Murnane. (2003). “The Skill Content of Recent Technological Change: An Empirical Exploration.” In: The Quarterly Journal of Economics. doi:10.1162/003355303322552801

2002

• (Acemoglu, 2002) ⇒ Daron Acemoglu. (2002). “Directed technical change." The Review of Economic Studies 69(4).

1990

• (Tornatzky et al., 1990) ⇒ Louis G. Tornatzky, Mitchell Fleischer, and Alok K. Chakrabarti. (1990). “The processes of technological innovation.” In: Vol. 273. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books

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