Intrinsic laws of development of technics part II

Abstract In Part II of Dr. Ishigai's paper on the above subject, he goes on to prove his postulation that the basic contradiction of technics is that between power and control, as he first proposed in 1955. He deduces logically that this contradiction permeates throughout the total history of technics, which history is divided into several eras, each having the same basic contradiction at successively advanced stages. Each technical era transition is an intensification of this basic contradiction and is solved by a new control system of the next era which has the same basic contradiction at a more advanced stage. Dr. Ishigai discusses the logics of this development, the historical sequences of technical eras and the accompanying epochmaking events in human history which the effects of technics wrought on society and on human beings. He gives an overview of the evolution of modern humans and important developments in technics, which bring with them implications for the future of humanity, with special regard to environmental and moral issues. His original proposals have been revised to take account of recent significant discoveries and advances, including improvements in technics for dating archeological and fossil specimens: however, none of these has caused him to divert from his original postulation that Po ς Co is the basic contradiction of technics, although he accepts that this may not be the ultimate answer.