The Challenges and Opportunities of Era 5.0 for a More Humanistic and Sustainable Society—A Literature Review

Abstract

We are in an increasingly disruptive context, in an Era in which the world presents challenging and growing levels of uncertainty, unpredictability, and complexity. As a result, society is facing, at all levels and in all areas, more and more global challenges, challenging its stability and prosperity, whether at a technological, economic, social, environmental, or educational level. The new Era, Era 5.0, which places the human being at the center of innovation and technological transformation, can and must make its contribution to improving the quality of life, solving social problems, and human well-being, with the support of technology. Thus, this work intends, based on a systematic review of the literature, to analyze the challenges of Era 5.0 and its impacts on industry, society, and education as engines and promoters of the path to sustainable development. The results of this work show that the challenges for industry and education on the road to a “new” society are immense, in order to achieve a more humanistic society, centered on human beings, quality of life, and sustainability. We believe in contributing to the state of the art in Era 5.0 and providing an analytical reflection in the field of education and industry, on the path towards a society that places the human being at the center of innovation and technological transformation.

Rethinking innovation through industry and society 5.0 paradigms: a multileveled approach for management and policy-making

“…According to Tavares et al. (2022), education system can increase the effectiveness of technology that can be realized only through skills enhancement, through the ability to adapt to a changing labor market and through the establishment of a culture of innovation.…”

“…Society 5.0 has been defined in the "5th Science and Technology Basic Plan" by the Government of Japan. The Plan suggests the need for the creation of a Super-smart society (Saxena et al, 2020;Tavares et al, 2022) to improve well-being and the quality of life by exploiting the potential of technologies to tackle social challenges and to enrich human behavior (rather than threatening it) through the humanization of industrial 4.0 production. Society 5.0 detects the human-centered and social implications of the integration of technologies into the daily lives of people and society (Akin and Akyol, 2021) by understanding how to leverage the technological opportunities of 4.0 for social change.…”

“…The Plan suggests the need for the creation of a Super-smart society (Saxena et al. , 2020; Tavares et al. , 2022) to improve well-being and the quality of life by exploiting the potential of technologies to tackle social challenges and to enrich human behavior (rather than threatening it) through the humanization of industrial 4.0 production.…”

The Psychosocial Model of Absenteeism: Transition from 4.0 to 5.0

“…A new working context unequivocally leads to counterproductive behaviors [ 5 ] that are challenging to manage, especially considering that work is one of the most significant determinants of quality of life [ 6 ]. Industry 5.0, promotes sustainable working conditions supposing that will boost the potential of workers and assure better performance of the organizations [ 7 , 8 ]. Additionally, the new demands on employees are based on positive expectations that mentally healthy employees have a need for job variety, autonomy, feedback, dealing with others, task identity, and friendship, to the extent to which they feel good.…”

Business Model pada Society 5.0

“…Dengan upaya mencapai pertumbuhan ekonomi sambil mengatasi masalah sosial lingkungan dan berkontribusi dalam kesejateraan global. Maka dari itu dibutuhkannya pembiasaan akan teknologi sejak kini dengan menyeluruh (Tavares et al, 2022).…”