PECULIARITIES OF SOCIA L-PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTION OF THE PHENOMENON OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE CONDITIONS OF INFORMATIZATION OF A POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY

Purpose. The relevance of considering and socio-philosophical analysis and reflection of technology as a phenomenon of social reality is of particular importance in the modern world in the context of a global pandemic, which brought the informatization of post-industrial society to a whole new level. In the article, a post-industrial society is also considered as a postmodern society, in which decentration and fragmentation come to replace the center and totality of the classical industrial Modern. In addition, the work indicates that, in a post-industrial society, under the catalytic influence of informatization processes, post-material values, that is, environmental imperatives and the values of the social state and civil liberties, are of particular importance. Tasks. To consider the development of post-industrial society in the context of technological breakthrough and to summarize the existing scientific experience on this issue. Methodology. As a result of applying the above theories and conceptual schemes, the accompanying processes of digitalization and mediatization of society and social structures fall into the focus of research interest along with the processes of informatization. Results. It is concluded that in a post-industrial society a technological breakthrough associated with the processes of informatization and digitalization leads to new risks for social actors. Practical implications. The results of the study of negative and positive trends and associated risks of informatization processes in modern conditions of globalization and digitalization of the life of individuals, taking into account the control of their activities by social structures, can be applied by various social structures in order to generalize and refine information, especially in the post-quarantine world