Post-industrial society
Overview
 
If a nation becomes "post-industrial" it passes through, or dodges, a phase of society predominated by a manufacturing-based economy and moves on to a structure of society based on the provision of information
Information society
The aim of the information society is to gain competitive advantage internationally through using IT in a creative and productive way. An information society is a society in which the creation, distribution, diffusion, use, integration and manipulation of information is a significant economic,...

, innovation, finance, and services.
As the term has been used, a few common themes (not limited to those below) have begun to emerge.
  1. The economy undergoes a transition from the production of goods to the provision of services.
  2. Knowledge becomes a valued form of capital (e.g., the knowledge produced through the Human Genome Project
    Human Genome Project
    The Human Genome Project is an international scientific research project with a primary goal of determining the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up DNA, and of identifying and mapping the approximately 20,000–25,000 genes of the human genome from both a physical and functional...

    ).
  3. Producing ideas is the main way to grow the economy.
  4. Through processes of globalization and automation, the value and importance to the economy of blue-collar
    Blue-collar worker
    A blue-collar worker is a member of the working class who performs manual labor. Blue-collar work may involve skilled or unskilled, manufacturing, mining, construction, mechanical, maintenance, technical installation and many other types of physical work...

    , unionized work, including manual labor (e.g., assembly-line work) decline, and those of professional workers (e.g.
 
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