The 4th Industrial Revolution

Living in the Era of Mobility : The Dilemma of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

In a society where online and offline mobility is on the rise, individuals who adapt to technological and societal changes may be the most crucial. Understanding the characteristics of mobility citizens with abilities to move across time, geography, and space is vital. Everyone must strive to live as citizens of this changing mobility society, blending offline geographical movement with online spatial navigation. Guidelines for enhancing citizenship in a mobility society need to be developed.

With the integration of ICT, mobility will become more robust, and changes in time and space will accelerate. Considering the interconnected nature of networks, preparation is necessary at all levels, from individuals and families to schools, civil society, and government. The most essential preparation lies in citizen education. In a mobility society emphasising multi-layered connectivity and mobility, citizen education should focus on fostering empathy for humanity, the future, and philosophical thinking. Adapting to the new society will hasten as our understanding of ICT improves. With the rise of changes in economics, politics, and media throughout the 4.0 Industry, there are optimistic and pessimistic views on human lives. This lecture explores questions about the future of humanity and puts forth new solutions together.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution, New Mankind in the Age of Mobility

Considering that the late 20th-century information revolution highlighted information goods and material goods, the era of the 4.0 industry is a new phase in human history where these two factors are converging again. Through technologies like robots, artificial intelligence (AI), big data, blockchain, the Internet of Things (IoT), 3D printing, and nanotechnology, we’re building cyber-physical systems that blend the real and virtual worlds, enabling automatic and intelligent control of objects. Moreover, as advancements in mobile technology and transportation continue, with increased movement of migration, people, things, information, and capital, we anticipate further enhancements in the mobility of humanity. Thus, this lecture focuses on “The New Humanity in the Mobility Society” in the 4.0 industry and examines the necessity of establishing new human and social values. In addition, this lecture enables young people to think about the potential changes in mobility society by the 4.0 Industry and discuss the advancement of humans and technology while contemplating prospects.

How did the Forth Industrial Revolution Change Politics? (1): Innovation of Government and Political Party

Futurist Alvin Toffler predicted the emergence of the information revolution as the third wave, following the agricultural (the first wave) and industrial revolutions (the second wave) in his book The Third Wave. Since the 2000s, the third wave has rapidly spread to modern society. With the evolution of information and communication technology, humanity has now stepped into the 4.0 industry era and experienced overall changes across politics, economics, and culture based on mobility technology. This lecture focuses on the various changes brought by the mobility society, with a particular focus on emerging political phenomena. The debate between optimism and pessimism regarding “whether technological progress will strengthen or weaken democracy?” reflects the rapid pace of information and communication technology advancements and how these advancements lead to the emergence of the new political phenomena. To make it easier to understand the transformation in governments and political parties by the development of mobility technology, this lecture introduces domestic and international examples, such as the emergence of e-government and the enhancement of citizen services through the utilization of social networks.