Digital transformation in traditional society (on the example of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic)

Abstract

Expanding as a result of information and technological progress, the processes of globalization are immersing the material world and the sphere of human relationships in the space of digital technologies. Leading experts note that the world community is on the verge of fundamental changes associated with technological breakthroughs in various fields of knowledge. The article discusses the regional features of digital transformation in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. If in developed countries and the most dynamically developing regions of Russia, the transition of society to a new era of digital technologies is a logical, natural, from the point of view of evolutionary development, phenomenon, then what is this process like in traditional societies? This question was central to the present work. The results of the study showed that people rightly point out both the positive and negative aspects of digital transformation. The problem of mass layoffs is relevant. People are afraid that robots and computer programs will force them out of the labor market. This problem is especially acute in such an economically depressed region as the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Also, people are concerned about the erosion of the cultural foundations of the titular peoples of the region, as a result of the processes of globalization, which are taking place with particular intensity in the digital world. At the same time, the respondents noted the presence of significant positive aspects of digital transformation. Welfare increases, the solution of many everyday problems is simplified, the quality of human life improves.