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### [Why don’t we benefit from Societal Innovations as Readily as Technological Innovations?](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/why-dont-we-benefit-from-societal-innovations-as-readily-as-technological-innovations?hsLang=en-us)

 Posted by [Denis Pageau](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/denis-pageau) on January 22, 2018

Since 1785 there have been **5 waves** with respect to our technological knowledge. Each wave doubled the knowledge we had previously accumulated. We are now in the 6th wave. This technological knowledge produced technological innovations such as steam engines, light bulbs, cars, planes, computers, smartphones, etc. We can safely conclude that we have been very successful in using our technological knowledge to create technological innovations. 

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As governments and organizations increasingly recognize the importance of online citizen engagement, here are 7 trends to watch as we start the new year.

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