technetronic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of technetronic
Coinage based on technology and electronic; from its use in a 1967 article “America in the Technetronic Age” by Polish-born U.S. political scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928–2017)
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The old order, based largely on military power and nationalism, is giving way to "a technetronic age" in which there will be increasing emphasis on economic development and social justice.
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Moreover, it is just possible that today's technocratic futurists will help find it, simply by applying systems-analysis to the variables of what they call the "technetronic" age.
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The youth of the technetronic or post-industrial age often remain out of the work force until their late 20s.
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For the technetronic revolution it exports causes profound disturbances in the less developed nations.
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Just as the technetronic revolution has further divided rich from poor nations, so is it beginning to fracture the nation-state.
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