Predominance of the pre-scientific knowledge and faiths

Combination of the empiric and theoretical scientific knowledge

Predominance of the theoretical scientific knowledge

The main production resource

Raw materials

Energy

Knowledge

The type of production activities

Extraction

Processing

Production

The character of basic technologies

Labour-intensive

Capital-intensive

Research-intensive

The character of interaction

Man with nature

Man with nature and artificial environment

Man with artificial environment

The type of the social structure

Pre-industrial

Industrial

Knowledge society