Technological determinants of the lifetime well-being in the 21th century

¹ Tomsk Polytechnic University, 634050 Lenin Avenue, 30, Tomsk, Russia
² Khabarovsk State Academy of Economics and Law, 680042 Tikhookeanskaya str., 134, Khabarovsk, Russia
³ Kemerovo branch of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, 650992 Kuznezky Avenue, 39, Kemerovo, Russia

^a Corresponding author: ektaran@tpu.ru

Abstract

The paper deals with technological determinants of the lifetime social well-being, as conditions of maintaining the level and style of consumption, social status throughout the whole life. Despite the high importance of the problem of the social well-being and the relevance of its solution for the development of modern society, the issues of its correlation with the technological level of production and the development of information technologies are still poorly researched. As the problem of the life-time wellbeing take on special significance, it is important to analyze its conditions, related not only to social benefits, but also to the scientific and technological progress. For the future innovation and the digital stage of social well-being is its network well-being. It is based on the usage of the Internet for professional activity and personal self-fulfillment during the whole conscious life. Network well-being also reflects the convergence of information and network, industrial, financial, marketing, and social technologies. The formation of the life-time network well-being requires from the Government some measures of social adjustment, fiscal policy and the regulation of employment to encourage Internet Education and Internet employment, enhancing the prestige of working in high-tech industries.