Postindustrial+Revolution

Postindustrial Revolution is a development, expanding on the growth of the industrial revolution, which results in the creation and production of knowledge and information rather than durable goods. Just like in the industrial revolution, when machines began taking over the physical power of the skill man, we now have computer taking over the mental power of labor. Digital technology is amplifying mental labor. This new revolution is providing a greater expansion of information, information networks and data banks. Also the transportation of data is able to be sent and receive on a much faster level. The post industrial society is one that is based on information related services, which will eventually leade to a drastic decrease in industrial occupations while increasing the professional occupations that are based on information and knowledge. There are several stages of services based on these occupations: It is this last stage, that of the focus on personal services, in which two main sub-stages stand out: health and education. These have become the two most important stages to consider since it is these that help to define what it means to live a 'full life' according to the terms of the new knowledge society. Health services have become a defining feature of the modern society, and with this has also come the growth of professional and technical skills that heighten the requiremen for higher and higher education levels.
 * 1) the necessary expansion of transportation and public utilities, and the increasing use of energy within the newly developed 'non-manufacturing' blue collar work force.
 * 2) increase of distribution, real estate, finance and insurance, and other white-collar forms of employment.
 * 3) the growth of personal services within the information sector of the economy. i.e. hotels and restaurants, the entertainment industry, etc,..

The emphasis in the knowledge society is based on theoretical teachings rather than empirical ones, and those that are more trained in theoretical practices are those that will have the edge in the new information economy. The idea behind this is that theoretical knowledge is what drives the expanding changes that take place in the economy. People in general seek to anticipate these changes. They then try assume the course that this change will take when unleashed in the economy and then take the necessary steps to determine the impact, attempt to control it, and mold the outcome into one that helps their predetermined theses.


 * Post-Industrial**

- Computer/digital technology amplifies mental labour. - Expansion of information, information networks and data banks - Global work environments, flexible work arrangements - High mass knowledge creation

References:
Bell, Daniel. "Who Will Rule? Policitians and Technocrats in the Post-Industrial Society." University of Chicago. web address: 

Kumar, Krishan. "From Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society." __The Information Society Reader.__ Ed. Frank Webster, Raimo Bloom, Erikki Karvonen, Harri Melin, Kaarle Nordenstreng, and Ensino Puoskari. London and New York: Routledge, 2004. 111-114.