Talk:Post-industrial society

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I think the concept of post-industrial society is interesting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.146.32.170 (talk • contribs) 12 October 2005

I'm glad. Jeshmir

Oxymoron?

"Theoretical knowledge"? Midlandstoday 15:36, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Is this article for real?

This article states that the transition to a post-industrial society is marked by the shift to providing services "such as selling hamburgers." Is this truly the mark of a post-industrial society or just an example of vandalism, particularly as the next paragraph states that in a post-industrial society the "importance of blue-collar, manual work (e.g., assembly line workers) declines." Slinging hamburgers or selling freshly slung ones would appear to be prime examplsingwork. The writer of this article is either an idiot or someone who is just screwing around. Jmdeur (talk) 07:53, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

The decline of blue-collar work seems to be a reference to de-industralization in the Western world, which makes sense. I think the author's example of "selling hamburgers" refers to service sector employment, which has risen in the West in comparison to say, cooking or preparing hamburgers which has partly been replaced by factory production instead of human labour. I have never heard of this example, though, and I might also reccomend using a different term for "blue collar work"..

A bit informal

The use of exclamation marks in the Critique section seems somewhat informal (and biased?). The critique does not read like an objective description of existing critiques, but rather like the the writer feels these critiques himself/herself.76.126.208.20 (talk) 03:16, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Poor Picture

Could this be replaced with a better image/photo, or else removed? 78.146.235.22 (talk) 16:47, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Why are the only sources for this article talentless hacks?

--122.106.251.190 (talk) 13:17, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Because all the relevant professionals like "economists" and "sociologists" have essentially lost their way, as there being no way and direction to interpret modern societies. Probably all this talk about services, research etc. justs hides the fact that a huge amount of money and power is and will continually be transferred into the hands of fewer and fewer powerful and rich. Most people worldwide, as is happening in the USA and JAPAN, will just get poorer and poorer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.211.20.5 (talk) 09:26, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Clark's sector model

Is this model even right? The article mentions literally nothing about this model. Why is it even in the article? I found no information within the article to confirm whether or not this model is right. This model includes the year 1850 -2009. By now, we should know whether or not it is correct. If it is right, it should be mentioned briefly, if not at length, in the article. If it is wrong then it should be removed from the article immediately. 14.169.206.102 (talk) 06:29, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Jargon and definitions

This article uses the terms "primary" "secondary" "tertiary" and "quaternary" industries, but does not define them. What is a quaternary industry as opposed to a secondary one? Perhaps this calls for a different article defining those terms, or perhaps there's already such an article out there, but the article is vague because it does not provide some basic definition of what is meant by these terms. Flowernerd (talk) 20:45, 2 December 2020 (UTC)