Technological Crisis

Technological progress has reshaped modern civilisation. Yet today it is increasingly clear that technology itself has become a driver of systemic disruption. Unregulated digital expansion, platform-based business models and the rapid rise of artificial intelligence now introduce risks that reach far beyond the tech domain.

Key Technological Crisis Phenomena

  • Vulnerable and exposed digital infrastructures
  • Loss of human oversight over artificial intelligence
  • Deepfakes and manipulated information eroding public trust
  • Automation-driven job losses and structural unemployment
  • Algorithmic bias and self-reinforcing feedback effects
  • Environmental burden from high-impact tech supply chains (rare earth mining, intensive energy use)

Consequences

  • Weakened democratic control and regulatory lag
  • Misuse of data assets and surveillance capitalism
  • Social division fuelled by information bubbles
  • Existential anxiety linked to AI and automation
  • Strategic dependence on dominant technology monopolies

Technological progress promises solutions while simultaneously creating new, often hidden vulnerabilities. Accelerating innovation becomes a source of systemic instability, especially where it intersects with core operational processes. The CASSee Program helps organisations surface and address these deepening technological exposures within their adaptation process.

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