Abstract
The technosphere which is the artificial shell of the Earth can be considered the contemporary result of developing the society and the world as a whole. The technosphere, being a complex system, contains entire regions, urban agglomerations, industrial zones, industrial and domestic environments. New technospheric conditions include people’s living conditions in cities and industrial centres, production, transport and life amenities. As a consequence, the society from the primary biological becomes technospheric one, i.e. the society dominated by artificial components. When studying the technosphere-urban society, the author uses the methodology of the socio-natural approach, based on the works of V.I. Vernadsky about changing the biosphere by the scientifically organized human mind and forming the noosphere. The basis of this scientific approach to the world study is researching the society and nature, the Earth reality on the basis of their interconnected social and natural development. Technogenic changes taking place in the world (the growing role of the urbanized environment, genetic engineering, living organism cloning) are inevitable. The technosphere-urban society will be the society of the future, created by the technosphere and the global technological development.
Highlights
Considering the problem of the society development, taking into account the city influence, one should understand what a modern city is
It is believed that the time of their emergence roughly coincided with the Neolithic Agrarian Revolution, that is, people’s transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture
The society living in the conditions of the world technogenic development is a complex and multifaceted component that influences the surrounding world
Summary
Considering the problem of the society development, taking into account the city influence, one should understand what a modern city is. The city development began at the dawn of human existence, namely about 10-12 thousand years ago. The first permanent settlements, such as Damascus (originated about 12 thousand years ago) or Jericho (about 9 thousand years ago), were not yet the cities in our understanding. It is believed that the time of their emergence roughly coincided with the Neolithic Agrarian Revolution, that is, people’s transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture. Hunters led a healthier lifestyle, as they ate well and variedly (regularly ate meat and fruit, for example), moved a lot, rarely met people and, as a result, were less likely to get sick. The newly appeared farmers suffered from a meagre diet, epidemics and the necessity to constantly work
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