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The fifth technological revolution is taking place in the second decade of the 21st century. These changes, which are beyond the technological field, have been occurring periodically since at least the 18th century, when the so-called industrial revolution triggered several waves of radical changes every fifty years or so, in the midst of global capitalism, replacing traditional production techniques, development methods, work methods, and resources, as well as expanding the dominance of nature for the sake of greater productivity. The change in techno-productive patterns is always associated with problems in the established world: wars, conflicts, chaos, and uncertainty in all aspects, with financial instability and armed disputes between great nations being one of its main characteristics. Since the 20th century, these problems have been further intensified by the environmental destruction that threatens life on the planet. By the main ideas of the researcher Carlota Pérez and other scholars, this article aims to organize concepts and arguments of the new technological revolution that is radically changing the world, the ways of producing, working, studying, and life, in the midst of uncertainties such as the financial crises, the world recession, a health emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the threat of a new world war.
