Abstract
The article explores the technology development as a factor of the evolutionary and creative formation of society. The field of science and technology is constantly expanding due to the exponential growth in the number of technologies and due to the increasing expansion of technologies into the natural environment of mankind. The relevance of considering and socio-philosophical analysis and reflection of technology as a phenomenon of social reality is of particular importance in the modern world in the context of a global pandemic, which brought the digitalization of post-industrial society to a whole new level. Attention is drawn to the fact that technogenic risks increase in the post - industrial phase of social development. In addition, the article breaks down the concept of a post-industrial society under the catalytic influence of digitalization processes. The article substantiates the importance that post-material values acquire in the context of the development of modern society.