Vitaly ZOTOV1, Irina ASEEVA2, Vladimir BUDANOV3 and Viktoria BELKINA4

1 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia

2 Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences RAS, Moscow, Russia

3 Institute of Philosophy RAS, Moscow, Russia

4 Southwest State University, Kursk, Russia

Abstract

The process of intromission of modern digital technologies into all spheres of social and human life which in this article is called sociotechnical convergence is happening rapidly and in a risky way. The development of new technologies has a significant influence on the transformation of modern society, often bringing about risks unknown before and making managing more complicated. In this article we offer a classification and analyses of risks and side effects of digitalization.

Keywords: philosophy of science and technology, network sociology, digital technology, risks, sociotechnical convergence
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