Sociocultural Risks Of Using Modern Technologies

Abstract

The aim of the article is to analyze possible sociocultural consequences of the use of modern technologies in a situation of acute value and moral crisis of science and culture. The study of the prospects and risks of the influence of modern technologies on spiritual and moral values needs serious philosophical reflection. The exponential distribution of information and communication technologies produces threats and challenges to humans. The driving forces of scientific and technological progress are fundamental scientific and technological developments based on comprehensive informatization and access to information resources. Changes in the status of science in modern society mean radical shifts in the relationship between science and society. This is due to transformations in mechanisms of consumption of scientific and technical knowledge. The purpose of scientific research is not so much the receipt of truth as the creation of a product corresponding to the modern level of technological development of society. Informatization of science changes the course of scientific communication. Computer simulation replaces material experiments. Realizing all advantages of the development of the latest scientific technologies, one cannot ignore the fact that they bring not only new solutions and opportunities, but also new problems and risks. We associate main risks of the practice of using the latest technologies with two factors: first, the danger of their use and their imperfection; secondly, the moral and ethical side of the issue, the attitude towards a person as a subject of targeted manipulation, rational regulation of its social and individual behavior