Vol. 8 pp. 360-379

S.V. Krichevsky

 

THE SUM OF EXPANSION ON EARTH AND IN SPACE, TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION, AND MANAGEMENT OF ECO-DEVELOPMENT DURING THE TRANSITION TO A NEW WORLD ORDER

 

Annotation. The paper presents a new approach within the paradigm of expansion regarding the development of Russia and humankind, as well as the management of evolution, ecologization, and eco-development. Key concepts and definitions are introduced. Within the discourse of history, science, education, and practice, the following are briefly examined: the “sum of expansion” of humanity on Earth and in space, its structure, balance, dynamics, and trends in terrestrial and cosmic activities; the evolution of technologies; and the process of managing evolution and ecologization at a conceptual level in the 20th–21st centuries. The paper also addresses eco-development management within the socio-techno-natural paradigm, encompassing the biosphere, technosphere, and sociosphere.

The evolution of technology and the technosphere, along with current organizational practices and technosphere management, remain far from the ideals of eco-development. Instead of transitioning toward sustainable and nature-like development, there is ongoing aggressive expansion characterized by turbulent shifts toward a new world order within a power-based paradigm – accompanied by an escalating global crisis and chaos, with increasingly negative impacts on the environment and society. There is an urgent need to analyze and re-evaluate past experiences, goals, and future prospects of eco-development, and to design and implement new approaches, ideas, technologies, and institutions both in Russia and globally. A new methodology and strategy for eco-development must be created, adapted to the complexities of the current transitional period. The paper formulates a series of new questions concerning eco-development, taking into account the aspects of expansion.

Keywords: biosphere, Earth, space, sociosphere, technology, technosphere, management, evolution, expansion, ecologization.

 

For citation: Krichevsky S.V. [The sum of expansion on earth and in space, technological evolution, and management of eco-development during the transition to a new world order] Upravlenie tekhnosferoi, 2025, vol. 8, issue 3, рр. 360–379. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.35634/UdSU.2025.53.35.001

 

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About the author

Krichevsky Sergey Vladimirovich

Professor, Doctor of Philosophy, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Chief Researcher of the Department of History of Technology and Technical Sciences of the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science «S.I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences» (IHST RAS), 125315 Moscow, Baltiyskaya str., 14, Russia.

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