Have you ever wonder what the world could be after ten years? twenty year? thirty year? Or even a hundred years?. Do you know that today’s generation is living in the so called The Fourth Industrial Revolution?. Well I guess some of us are not yet familiar about this thing. It is actually the uncontrollable changing world, the 21st century human beings.
The First Industrial Revolution took place from the 18th to 19th centuries in Europe and North America. It is a period when most farmers, rural societies became industrial and urban, until steam engine is develop and it played a central role in the First Industrial Revolution. By the year 1870 and 1914, just before the World War I the Second Industrial Revolution was born. It is a period of growth for pre-existing industries and expansion for new ones such as steel, oil and electricity and used electric power to create mass production. Major technological advances during this period including the telephone, bulb and photograph. The Third Industrial Revolution or the Digital Revolution, it refers to the advancement of the technology from analogue electronic and mechanical devices to digital technology available today. In this period personal computer, internet and information and communications technology are made. In today’s generation another Industrial Revolution was born and that is the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) it was actually build on Digital Revolution. The 4IR is marked by emerging technology breakthroughs in a number of fields, including the robots, biotechnology, autonomous vehicle and 3D printing. In the book of Mr. Schwab he describe how 4IR is totally differ from the previous three. Which were characterized mainly by advances technology according to Arik Segal, the Fourth Industrial Revolution holds the unique opportunities to improve human communication and conflict resolution. There is no wrong in improving some things in our world it only became wrong if we use it in a bad way.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution may look and feel over threat to human beings as artificial intelligent robots who can speak, work, feel and express themselves after ten years. But in a reality it is a reflection of our desires and choices because the future is already here it’s just not yet evenly distributed. The 4IR plays a big role in our entire life and can’t deny the fact that I, you, we, are the one who change the world.
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