On The Structure And Essence Of Information Technology Revolutions

The rapid development of information technology and its integration with other technologies have shaped the information age.The magical function of the modern information technology revolution is not only the root of the changes in production and life,but also shaped a new way of thinking for people.Therefore,technological philosophy focuses on the information technology revolutions,explores its structure,essence,development characteristics,and analyzes its impact on the current era are the requirements of the times.There is no unified definition of the concept of information.The understanding of information is complex and ambiguous.The corresponding information technology and information technology revolution also have a generalized and narrow sense.In the daily context,the modern information technology revolution with "computer and Internet" as the leading technology in the mid-20 th century is the information technology revolution in a narrow sense,while the information technology revolution in a generalized sense refers to the five times of information technology that have brought about great changes in the expression,storage,dissemination,processing and utilization of human information in history,and its influence is so big that can be praised by the "revolution".The research on the structure of information technology revolutions is devoted to reveal the elements in the whole system of that and the core and rules of the interrelationship between the elements.Based on the historical review of the five generalized information technology revolutions,common elements include material world,human,human society and information technologies in each stage.The material world,people and human society take information technology as the core to form the structure of the generalized information technology revolution.As a subsystem of the generalized information technology revolutions,the modern information technology revolution represents the mainstream and development trend of the current technology,and also has a unique internal structure.The structure of a thing determines its function,which is the externalization of its inner essence.To explore the essence of information technology revolution is to interpret its unique attribute.The essence of several information technology revolutions can not be generalized,but should be clarified according to the differences of their leading technology attributes,which can be summarized as body information technology,appliance information technology and electronic information technology.In addition,the characteristics and reasons of the information technology revolutions can be reasonably explained in the leading force of the information technology revolution,the dependent human social state and the change of the material world.The current information age is created by the revolution of modern information technology.The "double-edged sword" characteristics of we media,Internet of Things and Brain Computer Interface created by it,which need technological philosophy pay attention to them.At the same time,the exaggerate of computationalism,the excessive dependence on intelligent technology and the over demand for massive information reflect the over needs of modern information technology.Because of "device paradigm" of modern information technology,people are always used to analyze and solve problems according to the framework constructed by modern information technology.Information technology is not just a tool,but has evolved into an environment and lifestyle.Therefore,the rational expansion of information technology should be adapted to the establishment of human value,and the future prospect of information technology should also be coordinated with the development of human society.