Information and Knowledge Societies: Impact of Technology

Information Society

The Information Society is a stage of social development characterized by the ability of its members (Users, Infrastructure, Contents) to create, access, and share information instantly, from anywhere, and in any desired manner.

Key Features

  • Information is the primary resource and is multi-focal.
  • Outsourcing is a prevalent characteristic.
  • Complexity and media presence increase after automation.

Components

Users

Individuals or organizations accessing content or services offered through

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Education in Colonial Chile: System and Challenges

First Letters

  • Estates (only for Spanish immigrants): These were “massive” and had no limits on quantity.
  • Spanish Education: Mostly for the middle class. The wealthiest classes generally preferred home study with a private teacher.
  • Condition: Only for children of Spanish parents.
  • Women’s Education: Typically in convents, focusing on religious instruction and housework.
  • Private Schools: For the children of the Crown or those who could afford it.
  • School Council or Actual (Public School):

Facilities were funded

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Minoan and Mycenaean Art: Origins of Greek Culture

The Origins in Crete and Mycenae

A. Cycladic and Cretan Art

Greek art did not arise suddenly. Instead, it is the product of a long process of formation in which some local influences are essential. These include Cycladic art and Cretan art, developed on the island of Crete.

Art developed in the Cycladic Islands during the third millennium BC, around these islands in the Aegean Sea. Its pieces bear little resemblance to the art which would later be developed in Greece, but there is, in any case, a constant

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17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Explained

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Yes, I’m familiar with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are a set of 17 global goals established by the United Nations in 2015 as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. These goals are designed to address a wide range of global challenges, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace, and justice.

List of the 17 SDGs:

  1. No Poverty: End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
  2. Zero Hunger: End hunger,
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Nietzsche’s Influences and Philosophical Evolution

Historical, Cultural, and Philosophical Context

In the nineteenth century, Europe experienced the widespread impact of the Industrial Revolution (originating in England in the eighteenth century) and the liberal-bourgeois revolutions (such as the American Revolution and the French Revolution). Consequently, the estate society was replaced by a class society, represented by the capitalist bourgeoisie, who advocated for political and economic liberalism, and the proletariat. The proletariat became

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Spain’s 19th-20th Century Social & Cultural Shifts

Cultural Transformations and Changing Mentalities in Spain (19th-20th Century)

The New Urban Society

During the 19th century in Spain, the influence of landowning elites established a rentier, aristocratic-bourgeois society rather than an industrial one. Only in specific industrial areas or among certain business groups did the idea of valuing work, personal effort, and austerity take hold. This contrasted with the prevailing social model that often neglected work in favor of living off income.

The

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