Looking back at looking to the future: Revisiting the 1983 NATO symposium on aging and technological advances
H. L. Sterns, R. S. Sterns, A. Sterns
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AbstractIn 1983, The NATO Special Programme Panel on Human Factors sponsored a symposium on Aging and Technological Advances at University of Southern California’s Andres Gerontology Center. Over 100 participants from 15 countries and from a number of scientific disciplines participated in the 5-day conference. The charge of the conference was to examine the promises and hazards of technological advances for the aged. Underlying the discussions was the value assumptions about the importance for the aged of independence, integration in society, interpersonal contact, opportunities to contribute to society, control over one’s environment, self-esteem, and the quality and length of life. The theme of good and bad consequences of technological advances from the perspective of impact on the aged emerged continually during the symposium and was reflected in numerous papers in the published volume. A second charge to participants was to recognize the diversity of the older populations under study. The impact of technological advances on the aged varies between the more and less developed regions, among nations, and between urban and rural areas within nations. Furthermore, discussions covered a wide age span from workers in their 40s and 50s to the very old.Keywords: aging, technology, gerontechnology, competence, dyscompetence
H. L. Sterns, R. S. Sterns, A. Sterns (2022). Looking back at looking to the future: Revisiting the 1983 NATO symposium on aging and technological advances. Gerontechnology, 21(s),1-1
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2022.21.s.708.opp7