Networked Intelligence :  A Wider Fusion of Technologies That Spurs the Fourth Industrial Revolution—Part I: Foundations

Stavdas, Alexandros

doi:10.13169/worlrevipoliecon.12.2.0220

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Author(s): Alexandros Stavdas ^* ^,

Publication date (Electronic preprint): 01 July 2021

Journal: World Review of Political Economy

Publisher: Pluto Journals

Keywords: technology, production, production systems

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In this article, it is argued that the Fourth Industrial Revolution (I4.0) is the result of a technology fusion between the following factors that define an economic epoch: (a) The production systems and the type of tools these systems are employing; (b) The communication technologies as well as the means used for information storage, processing, sensing and knowledge creation: the information and communication technologies (ICT); (c) The energy generation and distribution systems used, and (d) The biotechnology. The thesis of this article is that ICT is the predominant factor in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. To justify this claim, the progress of the scientific fields of which this factor consists is elaborated, and its impact on other factors is highlighted with emphasis on the societal impact. It is claimed that the eventual fusion of these factors leads to a single technological continuum. The eventual fusion of all factors is made possible because they all exploit a common material base while we are entering the era where we can regulate and superintend a vast number of heterogeneous technologies via open software. The eventual fusion of these factors will lead to a single technological continuum, and it will redefine the notions of “production” and “work,” as it will allow overcoming the over-fragmentation in specialization, while it will reshape our cities, our personal lives and our relationship with science.

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Journal ID (doi): 10.13169/worlrevipoliecon

Title: World Review of Political Economy

Abbreviated Title: WRPE

Publisher: Pluto Journals

ISSN (Electronic): 2042-8928

Publication date (Electronic preprint): 01 July 2021

Volume: 12

Issue: 2

Pages: 220-235

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[* ] Correspondence: Alexandros Stavdas ( alexandros.stavdas@ 123456uop.gr )

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DOI: 10.13169/worlrevipoliecon.12.2.0220

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[1] A. Agrawal, and A. Choudhary. 2016. “Materials Informatics and Big Data: Realization of the ‘Fourth Paradigm’ of Science in Materials Science.” Apl. Materials 4, no. 053208.

[2] M. Casado, M. J. Freedman, J. Pettit, J. Luo, N. McKeown, and S. Shenker Ethane. 2007. “Taking Control of the Enterprise.” Association for Computing Machinery—Special Interest Group on Data Communication, ACM SIGCOMM no. 07.

[3] ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute). 2012. “Network Functions Virtualization—Introductory White Paper.” ETSI, October 22.

[4] J. Rifkin 2012. The Third Industrial Revolution. Chicago: Griffin Publishers.

[5] The Economist . 2012. “The Third Industrial Revolution.” The Economist, April 21. https://www.economist.com/special-report/2012/04/21/a-third-industrial-revolution.

[6] A. Toffler 1984. The Third Wave. New York: Bantam Books.

[7] J. Van der Merwe, S. Rooney, I. Leslie, and S. Crosby. May 1998. “The Tempest: A Practical Framework for Network Programmability.” IEEE Network 12 (3): 20–28.

[8] M. Weldon 2016. The Future X-Network: A Bell Labs Perspective. Boca Raton: CRC Press.