From global warming to round-the-clock trading, the earth has actually become a whole. Because the personality charm of culture will be an opportunity for future social prosperity. With the development of communication and transportation, facing the global population explosion, the ecological distance between the earth is shrinking day by day. Air pollution and other challenges have made it significantly more difficult for countries to control incidents. At the same time, countries with superior cultural individuality and development advantages in the world may and will become multifunctional entities with great power in the 2 1 century because they have sufficient cultural resources and information advantages compared with countries.
2, the rise of knowledge economy:
"Knowledge economy" is an economy developed in a completely knowledge-based society. Its characteristics are: sustainable economic development. "Knowledge economy" is an economy that promotes the coordinated and sustainable development of man and nature. Investment in intangible assets. "Knowledge economy" is an economy with intangible assets as the main input. What plays a decisive role is the input of knowledge, intelligence and intangible assets. World economic integration. The world market is one of the main factors for sustained economic growth. Economic decision-making knowledge. In the era of knowledge economy, mental work is the main advantage, and smart people themselves become human capital.
3. Economic globalization:
"Globalization" refers to an economy that operates uniformly in the international scope. One of the signs of globalization is the formation of a unified world market. High-tech armed communication links, low transportation costs and free trade without borders are melting the whole world into a unique market. Coca-Cola, Hollywood blockbusters, McDonald's, KFC and Windows98 are all reflections of globalization in our daily life.
4, high technology to promote the global economy into a new stage of development:
According to the classification of relevant United Nations organizations, today's high technology can be divided into eight categories: information science and technology, life science and technology, new and renewable energy science and technology, new material science and technology, space science and technology, marine science and technology, and high-tech (soft science) science and technology beneficial to the environment and management. The scientific community generally believes that biotechnology and information technology will become the key technologies that will affect the destiny of the country in the next century.
5, information technology and network change people's way of life:
You can click on the icon of credit card company, department store or utility company on your bank homepage to get your account information. You will be able to drill down into your account and payment history. If you have any questions about your statement, send an email instead of writing a separate letter. Sellers can also promote other products and services through your online bill review homepage. For the future society, it will become a habit to get information, study, entertain and communicate online, which will be as natural as we pick up the phone to communicate with others or order goods from the product catalog now.
6, consumption tends to be personalized:
According to personal favorite news items, themes, enterprises and fund types, you can read a newspaper designed for individuals by turning on the computer. The application of advanced technology makes it possible to mass-produce various consumer goods according to consumers' individual requirements, and the improvement of consumers' own quality and consumption level also makes the pursuit of individuality a fashion trend.
7, the future work has greater freedom:
"Virtual offices have become a trend in some developed countries. According to the survey, about1/3 (43.2 million) people in the United States work at home at least part of the time,10000 in Europe and1.4000 in Britain.
With the progress of information technology and the development of communication industry, "telecommuting", "home office" and "virtual office" have become a reality. The emergence of various forms of employment and the implementation of "flexible working system" have made office workers spend more time freely.
8, education from content to form will undergo major changes:
The classroom in the future is almost unrecognizable, and heavy schoolbags are replaced by portable computers and microcomputers; Online learning of man-machine dialogue has become a global phenomenon, and it will be possible to add interesting and entertaining new forms to teaching. The emergence of new means such as distance teaching, multimedia teaching and interactive teaching will greatly improve the efficiency and quality of teaching, and teachers will also face severe challenges.
9, technical entertainment has become a fashion:
1In April, 999, a British musician launched his own online music software. If you use this software, you are a musician. Due to the magical power of science and technology, future entertainment will have incredible charm. Fortune magazine predicts that science and technology entertainment will dominate in 2 1 century.
10, environmental problems are becoming more and more prominent, and the international community is paying more and more attention to:
Global warming, the average temperature of the earth exceeds the highest value; Storms, floods and tropical forest fires have destroyed the environment, and the number of endangered species is increasing ... increasingly serious environmental problems are plaguing the global sustainable development. Some researchers say that if this trend is not controlled in the next century, there will be environmental refugees.
The world is adopting the best environmental technology and is in a leading position in energy and agriculture; Use renewable energy, clean up nuclear waste and protect tropical rain forests; Large-scale tree planting and other measures.
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