SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE «OPERATING SYSTEM» OF SOCIETY

Kibalnikov Sergey Vladimirovich, Doctor of Engineering, the leading researcher of geographical faculty of the Moscow State University of M.V.Lomonosov, the Winner of the WIPO Gold medal

Kruzhalin Victor Ivanovich, Doctor of Geography, professor, head of the Department of recreational geography and tourism of Moscow State University of M.V.Lomonosov, laureate of the Russian Government Award in the field of science.

Abstract

This article was prepared as the development of the ideas proclaimed in the scientific report by O.L. Kuznetsov and B.E. Bolshakov [1] at the General Meeting of RANS (December 6, 2012). The article describes the author’s vision of the global systemic crisis (GSС) as a hypergraph [2]. It describes the transition to sustainable development based on high-hume technologies [3]. The article also shows the key role of education as an engine of human civilization and describes tools for improving its efficiency.

KEYWORDS: “operating system” of society , limit of complexity, limit of poverty, education, “magic tablecloth”, lucre, EROEI, LT-language, GOW, SKW-matrix™, creativity.

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