How has technology become a solution to global issues?

Digitised Smart Nation drives will continue to push people’s limits and potential for the future, and smart living will impact people’s health, mental health, and well-being

People, knowledge, education, and entertainment are all digitally connected in a cost-effective, near-frictionless manner anywhere in the world at any time.

Citizens, businesses and consumers are all benefiting from a digital existence, which has opened a world of potential and promise in trade, governance, and society. Real-time access to an increasing number of resources, tools, and services in health, safety, and science necessitates smart enabled living. Individuals use smart enable living to improve, develop, or recreate their lives, find fulfilment, and make a positive impact on the world.

Information overload, a lack of self-confidence and personal abilities, and poor interface design are all associated with increased stress, anxiety, unhappiness, and inactivity. The internet and the quick pace of digital development, among other things, provide significant challenges to human contact, security, democracy, jobs, and privacy.

Human institutions and technology

Human institutions, including their makeup, structure, goals, and activities, as well as technological systems, can be transformed by societies. Regulation reforms should be implemented by governments and/or industries by establishing standards, norms, and codes of conduct, as well as passing laws and regulations.

Technology and people are co-evolving at a cost. Over time, people must evolve and adapt to these changes. Although some respondents believe that all of this could help in some way, these measures are unlikely to be sufficient, primarily due to human nature.

As a result of technical advancements, our world can become fairer, and more peaceful. Digital advancements can help promote and hasten the achievement of applicable sustainable development goals. Technology, on the other hand, has the potential to damage privacy, compromise security, and worsen unfairness. Human rights and self-determination are affected by them. Like earlier generations, governments, organisations, and individuals have a role in how new technology is used and managed.