TY  - JOUR
AU  - Aityan, Sergey K. 
PY  - 2012
TI  - Eras of Material, Energy and Information Production
JF  - Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 8
IS  - 3
DO  - 10.3844/jssp.2012.429.434
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/jssp.2012.429.434
AB  - This study identifies and discusses three types of production: production of aterial goods, energy, and information. The production timeframes with the reference to each production era are about 103, 102 and 101 years. The necessity of education and the associated level of stress in different production eras were analyzed by comparing a typical length of a human life, which is about 101 years, with the timeframes of the production eras and technological progress. It was shown that the era of information production has a very specific feature because unlike the eras of material and energy production, its information production era timeframe is comparable with a typical human lifespan. Finally, a question was posed about the next coming production era and the future of mankind.