Sector:

Pro:

Cons:

Environmental

Energy Efficiency; Renewable energy sources; Waste reduction; Environmental monitoring.

Resources depletion; E-waste; Energy consumption; Loss of biodiversity; Electronic pollution; Deforestation for infrastructure.

Societal

Access to education; Telemedicine; Social networking; E-governance.

Digital divide; Isolation and Loneliness; Cyberbullying; Loss of privacy; Mental Health issues.

Economical

Increase productivity; Globalisation; Job Creation; E-commerce.

Jobs displacement; Skill gap; Security and privacy concerns.

PRO

CONS

1. Personalized learning
2. Skill Assessment
3. More Precise medical Diagnoses
4. Better Patient Care

1. Health insurance cost raise up for specific category of people
2. Makes jobs more dull and less stimulating
3. Loss of job positions on labour market

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PRO

CONS

1. Improve the fitness and wellbeing
2. Boost cognitive ability
3. Facilitate access to digital networks
4. Health monitoring
5. Therapeutic purposes

1. Create fitness-anxiety
2. Increase cognitive disorders
3. Dependency from internet
4. Self-isolation

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PRO

CONS

1. Perform dangerous tasks
2. Work in dull and repetitive work place
3. Boost human physical abilities
4. Prosthesis
5. Ease goods production
6. Transportation
7. Telepresence

1. Makes human labour dull and monotonous
2. Create hostile work environment
3. Production of E-waste

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PRO

CONS

1. Boost education and tutoring
2. Care services
3. Persuasive robotics
4. More inclusive social environment

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1. Boosting social isolation
2. Enforcing gender stereotypes

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Nonlinearity

Nonlinearity refers to the idea that relationships within complex systems are not proportional or linear. Small changes can lead to disproportionately large effects behaviours.

Feedback

Feedback loops are mechanisms where the output of a system influences its own operation. Positive feedback amplifies changes, while negative feedback tends to stabilize or regulate a system.

Networks

Networks depict the connections and interactions between individual components or nodes within a system. Understanding these connections is crucial for analyzing the flow of information or influence.

Hierarchy

Hierarchy represents the organization of elements within a system in a layered or structured manner. Systems often exhibit nested levels of organization, with higher-level components influencing lower-level ones.

Emergence

Emergence refers to the appearance of new properties, patterns, or behaviours in a complex system that arise from the interactions of its simpler components. These emergent properties are often not predictable from the properties of the individual parts.

Self-organization

Self-organization is the process by which order or patterns spontaneously emerge within a system without external intervention. It results from the interactions between elements following simple rules or principles.